http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2005/03/21/living-by-basecamp-day-five/ Sam Newman's blog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:22:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2005/03/21/living-by-basecamp-day-five/#comment-638 Sam Newman Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:43:01 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2005/03/21/living-by-basecamp-day-five/#comment-638 I agree with most of what you're saying Shane - it can certainly be argued the way I'm using Basecamp differs from it's original purpose. I can live will the features mentioned here, but some things I'd like to see (for example percentage completion against milestones) don't add more features, it just displays the existing information in a better way. Some of the other change requests I sent through can be found in my "earlier post(Thoughts on Basecamp features)":http://www.magpiebrain.com/archives/2005/03/17/todo I agree with most of what you’re saying Shane – it can certainly be argued the way I’m using Basecamp differs from it’s original purpose. I can live will the features mentioned here, but some things I’d like to see (for example percentage completion against milestones) don’t add more features, it just displays the existing information in a better way. Some of the other change requests I sent through can be found in my earlier post

]]> http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2005/03/21/living-by-basecamp-day-five/#comment-637 Shane Vitarana Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:56:36 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2005/03/21/living-by-basecamp-day-five/#comment-637 The of the mantras of the 37signals guys are *_Less Software_* and *_Saying No_* to minor features. I'm sure they thought of having the ability to move todo list items between lists, but that would have added more complexity to their design, going against their KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach. Not having the ability to move items between lists forces you to organize the type of lists better, and makes sure you to put items in the right list the first time. It enables you to identify lists that may be redundant or too similar to others. Having to delete a todo item and re-create it in another list is punishment for getting it wrong in the first place :) I view the simplicity (or lack of features?) of Basecamp/Tada List as its best feature. It forces you to think ahead, so you might actually get better at predicting dates and estimating the time it takes to complete a certain task. The of the mantras of the 37signals guys are Less Software and Saying No to minor features. I’m sure they thought of having the ability to move todo list items between lists, but that would have added more complexity to their design, going against their KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach. Not having the ability to move items between lists forces you to organize the type of lists better, and makes sure you to put items in the right list the first time. It enables you to identify lists that may be redundant or too similar to others. Having to delete a todo item and re-create it in another list is punishment for getting it wrong in the first place :) I view the simplicity (or lack of features?) of Basecamp/Tada List as its best feature. It forces you to think ahead, so you might actually get better at predicting dates and estimating the time it takes to complete a certain task.

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