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I just ran across a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson that I thought was a propos:
"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."
I did not pay for this endorsement of rapid testing. In fact, Emerson has been dead about 125 years. But it pretty much sums it up.
(Disclosure - I am a bit of an Emerson fiend, even granting my first born the middle name of Emerson!)
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Couldn't agree more, though I'm always surprised at how many people - especially on the management side of the software industry - are repulsed by the idea of iterative, empirical development of new technologies.
Thanks for the Emerson quote!
Posted by: Ray Grieselhuber | January 08, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Amen. Test regularly and watch your profits explode. And on a more personal level - try out new behaviors in your daily life and see what changes...
- Ryan
Posted by: Ryan Nagy | October 02, 2008 at 01:02 PM