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Trust the Anecdote

11 pointsby z0aalmost 10 years ago

2 comments

gumbyalmost 10 years ago
This is a very important point though personally I formulate it the other way around:<p><pre><code> you only (proactively) fix what you measure, and you only measure what you think is important. </code></pre> This is of course sensible (you know weaknesses&#x2F;risks&#x2F;scale points in your design and so you monitor them).<p>But end users do unexpected things and it&#x27;s worth looking, since at the end of the day it&#x27;s all about the end users, else you don&#x27;t have revenue! Sometimes, as the article notes, there&#x27;s nothing you can do. But trust end users to find your blind spots for you.
ablealalmost 10 years ago
&gt; email Jeff Bezos with a streaming video problem. He&#x27;d add a single &#x27;?&#x27; in the body<p>&quot;A good driver should know what&#x27;s wrong.&quot;<p>P.S. not accurately quoted. Better: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mtchndrn.blogspot.pt&#x2F;2007&#x2F;12&#x2F;when-i-first-started-using-unix-when-i.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mtchndrn.blogspot.pt&#x2F;2007&#x2F;12&#x2F;when-i-first-started-usi...</a>