Jamie Milnes

Co-Founder & Chief Pixel Officer of The Magic Torch - A creative collective lighting the way for your brand - @TheMagicTorch

[South Dorset Spurs @SpursDorset2008]

New account for South Dorset Spurs. The previous account was killed by X Bots 🤦‍♂️. 18k followers > 0 😢. We go again… Up the Spurs!

[Jamie Milnes @Jam13Milnes]

@codepo8 I DID not, but I LOVE it!

[Jamie Milnes @Jam13Milnes]

@SpursSouth On the bus! (driver is a spurs fan) 🤣👍

[Jamie Milnes @Jam13Milnes]

@SpursSouth Not quite the usual, but it’s sister site Shortlake Farm. Only glamping tents at Eweleaze this year (annoyingly)

Can’t stop us coming to Weymouth though!! 🤣🤣

[Jamie Milnes @Jam13Milnes]

@SpursSouth Be rude not to as we're just up the road 🏕️ #COYS

[Jamie Milnes @Jam13Milnes]

@SpursSouth @YorkshireSpurs @Somerset_Spurs @SpursOfficial @SpursSongSheet

[Jamie Milnes @Jam13Milnes]

🎶🎤🎶

Oh what a night…
Watching Tottenham WIN on wednesday night
No more Spursy, try as they might
What a feeling… what a night

🙌🏆🙌

#COYS

[Jamie Milnes @Jam13Milnes]

@SpursSouth Oh… go on then! 💪👊💥

[Tottenham Hotspur @SpursOfficial]

Spursy.

[Tottenham Hotspur @SpursOfficial]

EUROPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!!!

[Jamie Milnes @Jam13Milnes]

@tom_hirst Do it. I did. Have not regretted it for s second

[Jamie Milnes @Jam13Milnes]

@Somerset_Spurs So glad its on. Sadly can’t join the fun / ordeal 🤣 COYS!

[Somerset Spurs Official @Somerset_Spurs]

We need at least 10 more bookings today to confirm this trip otherwise we're going to have to pull the plug.
There won't be a cheaper option this late in the day & your running the risk of missing out altogether.
Pick ups: Taunton, Swindon, M25(Sevenoaks area)
Leaving Tuesday 🤍

[Somerset Spurs Official @Somerset_Spurs]

🇪🇸 Travel to Bilboa 🇪🇸

Anyone looking for travel to Bilboa we have a brand new 53 seater coach booked.
Leaving Taunton 12.30 Tuesday 20th returning after the final.
As long as we get 30 going it will be under £300 a person.
Full coach £161 per person.

[Jamie Milnes @Jam13Milnes]

@Somerset_Spurs So around 4pm at Sevenoaks?

[Jamie Milnes @Jam13Milnes]

@michaelboegl The detail in the first image is staggering! 👏👌

[Jamie Milnes @Jam13Milnes]

@SpursSouth Smashing it! 💪👊💥

[Jamie Milnes @Jam13Milnes]

@Somerset_Spurs 12:30 sounds a bit late to set off... What time would it arrive in Bilbao? as it crossing via Portsmouth?

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong.

Yes there's a 3 week version of something. And a 6 week version. And a 4 month version. And a 12 month version. That's correct.

Yet, you'll almost always be wrong whichever you pick. Because estimates aren't walls — they're windows. Too easy to open and climb through to the next one.

The 3 week version will turn into the 6 week version will turn into the 12 week version. You can see right through.

Software that encourages you to estimate how long something will take makes it even worse. That software is part of there problem. You know which products I'm talking about.

So what to do instead?

Set an appetite.

A appetite is like a budget. Not "we think it'll take 4 weeks" but "we're only giving it 4 weeks." That's all we've got side aside for it. Then the team tasked with the work has to get creative and figure out the 4 week version of that feature. There is no 6, 8, 10, or 12 week version when the appetite is 4 weeks. Just like there's no $7,000 vacation when you only can afford a $2500 one. And you know how that ends up if you overspend.

Are there times when you need to give something another week? Maybe even two? Yes. There's some margin for that because it can only happen once per project, and it's commensurate with the time spent. You don't double the time, maybe you give it 10% more time if you need to. A little margin for error and reality is built in there. This isn't absolutist, this isn't fundamentalism.

And yes, there are times when things aren't completed within the time allotted, and there's no obvious, honest path to finishing it with a touch more time. In those cases the project dies, we internalize, and hope that doesn't happen again. It rarely does here at 37signals, but it has. It's part of the cost of doing things this way. The payoff is huge, the downside is limited — that's a tradeoff we can live with.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“Focus on your likes, not your wants. Let your likes guide you.”

— @JamesClear