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Scratch Your Own Itch
FromREWORK
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Nov 2, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Basecamp was originally designed as a way to manage 37signals' client work and its success can be credited to the fact that it was designed to scratch a very specific itch by the people with that were itching. Now, we're not saying that building something for others is necessarily a bad way to go about things, but building for your own needs has huge advantages.Show Notes
06:15 - "The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their products." - Steve Jobs in Triumph of the Nerds (PBS)
12:53 - Hotwire
13:57 - Not invented here (Wikipedia)
14:26 - Mary Kay Ash (Wikipedia)
18:12 - Second-system effect (Wikipedia)
21:35 - Minimum viable product (Wikipedia)
21:42 - Making sense of MVP - Henrik Kniberg
23:55 - The Homer (Simpsons Wiki)
06:15 - "The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their products." - Steve Jobs in Triumph of the Nerds (PBS)
12:53 - Hotwire
13:57 - Not invented here (Wikipedia)
14:26 - Mary Kay Ash (Wikipedia)
18:12 - Second-system effect (Wikipedia)
21:35 - Minimum viable product (Wikipedia)
21:42 - Making sense of MVP - Henrik Kniberg
23:55 - The Homer (Simpsons Wiki)
Released:
Nov 2, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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