Here’s my list:
Digital not IT
Git more than SVN
Javascript over Java
JSON more than XML
Python more than PHP
Ruby even more than Rails
German more than French
Mandarin more than German
Kano more than Moscow
Kanban more than Scrum
Kaizen more than perfection
Agile much more than PRINCE2
In fact, agile rather than any specific methodology
Inquisitiveness rather than idealism
Curating more than collecting
Content design more than SEO
User needs not requirements
User research not instinct
Making more than writing
Doing more than talking
Cloud more than tin
Data not patents
Open not closed
While there’s value in (some of) the things on the right, I value the things on the left more.
Suggestions from other lovely people:
- @fantasticlife: fiddling more than meeting, data more than software, people more than machines
- @jukesie: agile not Agile
- @msaunby: GPU more than CPU
- @frankieroberto: PostGres not MySQL, offline-first not native app
- Matt Edgar has a list
- John Willshire has an entire book about Making Things People Want > Making People Want Things