Comments on: Make sure it “just works” http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/02/10/make-sure-it-just-works/ Thought streams on the future of tech and media Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:27:47 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: It’s Rishi » The future of Meebo is the desktop http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/02/10/make-sure-it-just-works/comment-page-1/#comment-102 It’s Rishi » The future of Meebo is the desktop Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:24:03 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/02/10/make-sure-it-just-works/#comment-102 [...] Just like the telephone is about talking with people, IM is about chatting with people. The telephone “just works”, IM should too. Yet the major players like AOL and Yahoo! are clouding the IM experience by bloating their clients with whizbang features and add-ons. Meebo, instead, has been committed to ensuring that IM is simple and universally accessible. [...] [...] Just like the telephone is about talking with people, IM is about chatting with people. The telephone “just works”, IM should too. Yet the major players like AOL and Yahoo! are clouding the IM experience by bloating their clients with whizbang features and add-ons. Meebo, instead, has been committed to ensuring that IM is simple and universally accessible. [...]

]]> By: Maxwell http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/02/10/make-sure-it-just-works/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Maxwell Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:35:03 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/02/10/make-sure-it-just-works/#comment-101 ...heh yeah I totally agree with you. Too often I see hardcore engineers tuning and perfecting code that doesn't improve the quality of the code at all. It becomes a geeky solution, but sacrificing quality. For me, I've always believed that as an engineer, my mission is to create solutions that meet societal needs. Things need to work for the people, not the other way around. Not all engineers can understand this, but I'm glad you do. ps: I enjoyed reading your example about the brakes : ) …heh yeah I totally agree with you. Too often I see hardcore engineers tuning and perfecting code that doesn’t improve the quality of the code at all. It becomes a geeky solution, but sacrificing quality.

For me, I’ve always believed that as an engineer, my mission is to create solutions that meet societal needs. Things need to work for the people, not the other way around.

Not all engineers can understand this, but I’m glad you do.

ps: I enjoyed reading your example about the brakes : )

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