By sam | February 6, 2009 - Posted in post mortem
Editor’s note: this blog is another account of the LW 5 Post Mortem.
Some things That Went Right
The LimeWire client team has some amazing people on it. Every single person on the team cares about the quality of the product, code, and the other people. It’s easy to find someone who just cares about one of […]
By Dan | February 5, 2009 - Posted in Community, Design, Updates, post mortem
Editor’s note: this blog is another account of the LW 5 Post Mortem.
Some things That Went Right
Who’s your audience and what do they want?
I’ve read about it, seen the tire swing cartoon and heard co-workers mention the customer is key, but it was always lip service everywhere I worked. At least until the user experience […]
By Mike S | February 4, 2009 - Posted in Design, Software Release, Updates, post mortem
It’s a July afternoon and Sam, our team lead, called a meeting. He’s got a smile and he starts writing dates on the board. Alpha: in months, Beta: a few weeks later. Final release: Christmas 2008. The remainder of the team is in silence, just nodding their heads in agreement at him while we were […]
