I really like one of Tom Peters' recent rants. He recounts problems with timing and logisitics on a house remodel. While I can't much relate to his $9,000 stove, I think he makes some good points. In particular:
Maybe the motto is, "For excellence, sweat the 'small stuff,' the 'big stuff' will take care of itself."
Lately I've noticed that the devil truly is in the details. Two quick examples:
1) The new addition to our website. I cooked up a working prototype/proof-of-concept in just a few days, then proceeded to spend pretty much the whole summer getting the details down.
2) Our website redesign. Having to add tons of CSS rules and/or change plenty of code to work around annoying browser bugs.
But, you gotta do it. The house of cards comes crashing down if you can't do the little things right.
Posted by Karl
August 10, 2005 02:01 PM