Make the decisions you take the ones that actually count

http://leostartsup.com/2012/03/make-the-decisions-you-take-the-ones-that-actually-count/

by duck • 14 years ago

28 10 14 years ago

rhizome• 14 years ago

The golf-ball analogy implies a fast-track to anxiety for many people.

dazbradbury2• 14 years ago

If you decide to have a fixed position (hovering) div for share links, make sure it doesn't cover the text of the article you want people to share!

On my phone (Android 2.3), it makes the text unreadable.

esrauch• 14 years ago

The issue doesn't exist on desktop Chrome even if you make the window the same width as a phone is wide, they just don't fully support android browser.

dazbradbury2• 14 years ago

Ah, apologies. I couldn't tell from my mobile if it was Android specific or not. Just tested on opera mini and there is no issue.

The number of people affected by this is probably quite small then in retrospect.

dsri• 14 years ago

The title contains, an unfortunate comma splice.

duck• 14 years ago

Fixed.

LeonW• 14 years ago

sorry, was my mistake, fixed! :)

j_baker• 14 years ago

I agree with the general principle, but it's very easy to overdo this approach. The difference between delegating and pawning your decisions off on other people isn't always easy to define.

Sometimes I'll say something along the lines of "My personal opinion is X, but this is your decision. Do what you think is best." You also have to be careful to prevent the Abilene Paradox from happening: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abilene_paradox

louiefromlodi• 14 years ago

You might want to revisit the decision to work on yet another useless social media app.

ajuc• 14 years ago

My wife is sometimes angry for me, because I tend to use similiar algorithm for less important (for me) decisions. It was OK when I was single, now it turns out sometimes such decisions are very important for her, and even if not, it's tedious when every single unimportant decision is left for one person in the relationship.

Like - which color should the wall be, which restaurant are we going to, etc. So it's not always good idea to defer such decisioins to others, because their "decision energy" is precious, too.

Make the decisions you take the ones that actually count

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