It's damaging, but understandable, to not know why you succeed. It's devastating and inexcusable to not know why you failed.
@michael_nielsen Interesting. I think part of the problem is inevitable uncertainty around must-haves. If you fail, were you missing 1 or 7?
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@patrickc But in practice, distance seems to help the diagnosis a lot. After my last book I waited a few months & wrote a post-mortem.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patrickc Found it easy to notice some big problems that I found very hard to notice while writing! And the book suffered from it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patrickc I guess it's impossible to know, except retrospectively (ie, when you've figured out a repeatable model for that type of project)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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