Comments on: Good, fast and cheap http://aaronmentele.com/2007/01/21/good-fast-and-cheap/ personal blog of Aaron Mentele, web developer and partner at Electric Pulp Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:22:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2007/01/21/good-fast-and-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-8767 Aaron Mentele Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:00:45 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/01/21/good-fast-and-cheap/#comment-8767 Hello JG - I swear I already left a response to this - I must be going crazy. I think it went something like this: I understand and fear the triangle in the world offline. Online I think there are efficiencies that can help you with good and fast. In those cases, price is a variable. We have a client that refers to licensing technology as selling air. I agree with at least half of his theory. But there's probably a whole post coming on this thought soon. Thanks for stopping. Hello JG – I swear I already left a response to this – I must be going crazy. I think it went something like this:
I understand and fear the triangle in the world offline. Online I think there are efficiencies that can help you with good and fast. In those cases, price is a variable. We have a client that refers to licensing technology as selling air. I agree with at least half of his theory. But there’s probably a whole post coming on this thought soon.
Thanks for stopping.

]]> By: JG http://aaronmentele.com/2007/01/21/good-fast-and-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-8671 JG Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:04:22 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/01/21/good-fast-and-cheap/#comment-8671 I use the triangle every day. We run a studio for inside another company. People want things al the time from use, and a lot that are outside our scope. It has become a place to start most discussions with any project. I can do anything for them, but how do they want it? My company ties my hands and their company ties their hands. I cannot untie my knot until they untie theirs. If they want something great and fast, I can through people and resources at it (thus making it expensive). If they have the time, I can do it in my downtime (thus making it very inexpensive). I don't like to us it, but it gives people a reality to work inside. With all the tools available today, regular people think production work is easy and fast. Most cases, it is not. I like to reference another type of job when I give them the triangle. If you want you car fixed today so you can leave on a trip, it will be expensive. If you can wait a week, it will be less expensive. It's true, how many nights can you work and for how much? I'll spend two hours with an Easy-Bake oven making not so easy Cin-a-buns with my daughter, but how long will I spend on a project that does not leave me the time or resources to make the Easy-Bake-athon happen. I'll put "Built to Last" on the need to read list. I use the triangle every day. We run a studio for inside another company. People want things al the time from use, and a lot that are outside our scope. It has become a place to start most discussions with any project. I can do anything for them, but how do they want it? My company ties my hands and their company ties their hands. I cannot untie my knot until they untie theirs. If they want something great and fast, I can through people and resources at it (thus making it expensive). If they have the time, I can do it in my downtime (thus making it very inexpensive).

I don’t like to us it, but it gives people a reality to work inside. With all the tools available today, regular people think production work is easy and fast. Most cases, it is not. I like to reference another type of job when I give them the triangle. If you want you car fixed today so you can leave on a trip, it will be expensive. If you can wait a week, it will be less expensive.

It’s true, how many nights can you work and for how much? I’ll spend two hours with an Easy-Bake oven making not so easy Cin-a-buns with my daughter, but how long will I spend on a project that does not leave me the time or resources to make the Easy-Bake-athon happen.

I’ll put “Built to Last” on the need to read list.

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