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Designing a disaster

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By Stuart Mathews
Stuart Mathews
09.Mar
09 March 2011
Last Updated: 30 October 2015
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image622003283.jpgWe had a disaster yesterday. It was pretty catastrophic, it involved our product out there in the wild world. As a team we failed to ensure that our core and essential features were stable and as a result we had to pull the latest product from the distribution lines. As it happens, most customers either didn't know we messed up but could have. We very swiftly replaced copies publicly available, reverted POCs to the new modified/fixed version. Basically it sucked real bad.

Anyway, from the ashes the phoenix arises and so we realised the gaps in our process and are now gearing up to never do that again. It hurts, but it's essential to highlight where we need to improve and nothing teaches you like failure. So I'm kinda terrified and enthusiastic about this.

The great thing is that it gets things happening that perhaps was highlighted but fell on deaf ears and now because of it - stuff's happening.

We've designed a disaster - hope it helps.
Tags: interesting, Work

Designing a disaster

Details
Category: Blog
By Stuart Mathews
Stuart Mathews
09.Mar
09 March 2011
Last Updated: 30 October 2015
Hits: 4415
image622003283.jpgWe had a disaster yesterday. It was pretty catastrophic, it involved our product out there in the wild world. As a team we failed to ensure that our core and essential features were stable and as a result we had to pull the latest product from the distribution lines. As it happens, most customers either didn't know we messed up but could have. We very swiftly replaced copies publicly available, reverted POCs to the new modified/fixed version. Basically it sucked real bad.

Anyway, from the ashes the phoenix arises and so we realised the gaps in our process and are now gearing up to never do that again. It hurts, but it's essential to highlight where we need to improve and nothing teaches you like failure. So I'm kinda terrified and enthusiastic about this.

The great thing is that it gets things happening that perhaps was highlighted but fell on deaf ears and now because of it - stuff's happening.

We've designed a disaster - hope it helps.
Tags: interesting, Work

Socially coupled

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Category: Blog
By Stuart Mathews
Stuart Mathews
01.Mar
01 March 2011
Last Updated: 30 October 2015
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image1624196394.jpgI wonder how society would change if we upset the apparent norm of coupling. Coupling being the phenomenon of two people as partners. In my analogy I'm thinking male and female couples. I don't discriminate.

So, I was walking down the street the other day and it hit me particularly hard how society moulds us to couple - I think it's right, but interesting to see. Restaurants have tables that facilitate 2 people not one. The number of seats in rows in the cinema are made up even numbers. Cars have at least two seats. Aisles in supermarkets are designed with enough space for two people to walk side-by-side in either direction.

I think the world was layed out, defined and designed by couples for couples. Sure - you get a single bed and a double bed but largely we're geared to a coupling lifestyle - which again I have no problem with as life needs two, to continue - fair by me.

Now, if we let couples deal with single seated tables next to each other, made odd numbered seats at the cinema, made cars with one seat - we'd change world. Probably break it but hey. We can call it individual revolution, a break from dependence and a win for singularity. Not going to happen but I'd like to see how it stresses the system.

Call it a social experiment.

My guess is that there would be an increased the tendency for couples to re-evaluate their individual needs against their shared ones - stimulating individual empowerment but probably at the cost of destroying the world they've created.

Solidarity will be our biggest downfall.

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