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Lean Strategy for UX Design
Last Fall, we were working on a product for a client whose industry was undergoing substantial disruption. The project involved a robust upfront discovery piece running the full gamut of customer insights, competitive analysis, and even business model exploration. We undertook lots of primary and secondary research, thoroughly analyzed the data, and generated a nicely synthesized plan. When we presented our carefully crafted strategy to the client, they were happy and agreed to have us go ahead with the design phase.
Then circumstances caused the brief to change. Massively. And in many respects, we were back to square one. We had done all of this work to get senior client stakeholders to buy into our initial vision and plan of attack, and we didn't have the time to do it again.
Huddling together as a team, we decided to try something that seemed bold at the time. We realized that, even in light of the changed brief, we still had convictions about what needed to be done. We had some early design exploration and had a handful of data points and rationale that we believed were compelling. So we pivoted, and called the client into our office to pitch them on what we had in mind.
This time around, there was no PowerPoint deck. No highly refined proprietary insights. No shiny new personas, design principles, or other polished artifacts of strategic synthesis. Just a high-level model of the problem as we saw it, the solutions that we thought were in reach, and some quick sketches of how this all might play out in design. We stood at the whiteboard and within about 15 minutes, had gained consensus and a fresh mandate for our designers to move ahead with.
In retrospect, what seemed at the time to be an almost reckless attempt to salvage a project in distress turned out to be the right course of action. We were trying to develop a minimum viable product; but it took a near crisis to realize that what we also needed was a minimum viable strategy. Over time, I've become convinced that this approach to UX planning—let's call it "lean strategy"—is more often than not a better option.
What Lean Strategy Means
Lean strategy in UX design means getting to a simple, actionable statement about what problem we are going to solve for the user as soon as possible, so that the design process can proceed. In fact, lean strategy often happens in concert with design, enabling us to be more adaptive and to more easily apply our thinking to our designs. It's about being less precious and profligate with our decks and deliverables, freeing us up to bring greater clarity and focus to our ideas. It's strategy in motion, pressing us forward rather than holding us back until everything has been figured out and proven with mathematical certainty.
What Took So Long?
So what took us so long to discover the merits of lean strategy? I think there are three main factors that have traditionally held designers back.
1. We don't actually know what strategy is.
Think fast: What is strategy? Business development consultant Blair Enns has a personal hobby of collecting responses to this question. A few choice examples: "Strategy is how you do what you do" ... "Strategy is an idea that describes a journey to a position of advantage" ... "Strategy is how you're going to be unique, and use that uniqueness to competitive advantage."
Note that these definitions do not necessarily entail a regimented methodology of inquiry, copious amounts of data, or even highly refined proprietary insights. Those may be important depending on the circumstances, but they are not necessarily essential. Rather, strategy is about the organizing principle that gives our actions and decisions meaning and purpose. It is the ideational focus that lets us set priorities and make intentional choices. To borrow a phrase from Soren Kierkegaard, (that pioneer of lean strategy), "purity of heart is to will one thing." No matter how many data points or insights you have, if you don't know what that "one thing" is that you're trying to accomplish, I would suggest that you don't have a strategy.
2. We aren't incentivized to do it!
This is especially true for UX practitioners in the client services industry, although I've seen many overwrought business cases and strategic plans generated internally as well.
We often feel pressured to develop and deliver exhaustive, elaborate strategies because we get compensated/credited for the time we spend making them. Lean and adaptive strategy efforts may even be perceived as disruptive inside of businesses that want predictive power and certainty. But adding more complexity to our process can often work against our ability to reliably assess and predict. Moving to a value-based compensation model can help incentivize us to be effective rather than excessive in how and where we invest our time and energy.
3. We lack confidence and overcompensate.
Sometimes over-delivering on strategy happens as a sort of unconscious hedge. We're working on a problem and we don't know what the solution is, so we generate a lot of smoke to obscure the uncertainty. This can result in big, complicated strategic reports and decks that appear to be highly rigorous and substantive, yet ultimately take us nowhere. In fact, experimental evidence shows that we are hard-wired to over-evaluate the perceived utility of additional information. Information bias causes us to believe that we need more information before committing to a decision, even if that extra information is irrelevant.
Pushing back against this information bias requires discipline and courage. Ultimately, the results from this push back can be better communication and more engagement with those we are trying to persuade. Consultants with McKinsey are trained to put their main findings and recommendations at the very beginning of their decks. This is because C-level executives don't have time to deal with all of the material; rather, they selectively engage with specific items in a more interactive way. Lean strategy means getting to the point sooner so that our clients and stakeholders can quickly become active in the process.
How do we practice lean strategy?
Here are some good starting points:
Distill what you deliver into its simplest possible form
Complexity is truly the enemy when it comes to lean strategy. In fact, according to Bain & Company's co-head of global strategy Chris Zook, complexity is generally one of the most disruptive forces in modern business. Having an extremely clear articulation of differentiation, or creating a handful of "non-negotiables" that follow from this differentiation can be very powerful elements in a successful lean strategy.
Develop a reusable framework
It can be difficult to formulate and deliver lean strategy if you have to work from first principles every time. That's why Blair Enns (who was mentioned earlier in this article) advocates developing a framework that you can work from in a repeatable fashion. Having an established point of view or a working theory to start from—so long as you're conscious of the bias that comes along with it—is a great way to interrogate a brief and start sparking new ideas right away.
Go to a playbook model
Consider developing a strategy "playbook" that gives your team ready-to-hand tools and methods (the more lightweight, the better) to use selectively depending on the circumstances. The key here is that rather than a systematic, exhaustive strategic process, a playbook lets you use only those tools that fit the job. This idea works particularly well in conjunction with "developing a reusable framework."
Fuse strategy and design exploration
Strategy should never impede design, but rather animate and propel it forward. We needn't wait for the strategy phase of a project to finish before undertaking some form of design exploration. In fact, the converse is true: getting into early design exploration based on what we provisionally know can inform and enrich strategic exploration. Creating something tangible, even if it means failing early, is a powerful way to gain a fresh vantage point—which can in turn help us crystallize our strategic ideas and outlook.
Stage-planning as an ongoing track in your project plan
By thinking of strategy and planning as a continuous endeavor over the course of a project (instead of a discrete, initial phase) we relieve some of the pressure to get everything right from the start. This frees us to focus on what we're sure about, identify our assumptions, and acknowledge where critical knowledge gaps exist. Then, as the project evolves, we can refine and revise our plan in light of much more reliable data than we could have projected at the outset.
Strategy Wants to Be Lean
Imagine what it must have once felt like setting out on an ocean voyage to some uncharted place. How would you plan and prepare? Maybe you'd sketch a map or plot a course using various accounts from other travellers. Perhaps you'd study the tides and weather patterns that will impact your outbound route. You would certainly need to build a team and assign roles and responsibilities for each member. These are all great steps to take, but until you actually get in the boat, none of them get you any closer to your destination.
And consider this: the most valuable and reliable tools and methods for finding your way—a compass, celestial navigation etc.—only work once you're in the boat and on the move!
I want to be clear about one thing: I am not saying there is a one-size-fits-all way to execute strategy for UX design. There are no shortcuts that let us bypass or opt-out of disciplined inquiry. Rigorous investigation and analysis has its place. Ultimately, however, strategy only becomes meaningful when it can be proven out one way or another—just as our sketched map only becomes useful once we're moving toward our destination.
Effective strategy is bold enough to make claims and stake out territory. Yes, these claims need to be evidence-based, but that doesn't mean they can never be wrong. Lean strategy for UX encourages us to move forward based on the claims we can make right now; it prompts us to gather our courage and our wits and actually get in the boat. Real discovery can only happen when we embark on the journey.
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To be totally blunt, it's surprising for me to see UX designers adopt the lean startup approach because in my experience, they are contradictory. The basic UX assumption is that there are reliable methods that you can use to understand your users' needs. Lean startups make the opposite assumption that you can't know your users' needs, all you can do is build and measure, optimizing for a chosen success metric.
To use David's ocean voyage metaphor, lean startups just get in their ship and set out with no map. They take one small step in a random direction and measure the new distance to their destination. If they are closer, they keep going or alter the direction to get there faster. If they're further away, they try a new direction. Then they iterate: take the next step, measure distance, change course as necessary, and so on.
This is supposed to be useful if the terrain is uncharted. But it should be obvious that this method is only guaranteed to work when you do know the terrain, and you know that you can draw a straight line from start to finish. That's the only situation where the travel plan of decreasing the distance will get you there. Lean startups set out by hoping they're in that situation. When they hit a wall, they pivot, which means picking a new destination and hoping there's a straight line to get there. That's great, but what if you don't have the luxury of picking an easier problem to solve?
UX strategy can tell you about your users and what they need, and give you solutions for how to get there - the linear optimizing path is one solution among many. Much of this work has to be done upfront, just like you have to plan a trip before you leave. Yes, you can develop your strategy adaptively, planning your trip while you are on the trip, but what's the point of doing that? Then your strategy looks backwards, recording decisions instead of guiding decisions.
Hi there, thanks so much for your thoughtful questions and comments! Anastasia hit on a point that I probably could have made more clear, which is that this is really all about how we approach strategy—the philosophy and framework we bring to bear. What I am definitely not trying to do is declare what counts as strategy vs. what doesn't.
That's why I agree with Jordan that research, analysis, and deliberative/critical thinking can all be important tasks for the strategist to take on where appropriate. But what I've come to question is a) how exhaustive do we need to be in these tasks before we start designing; and b) whether these tasks ought to constitute a distinctly independent mode and/or phase of a project in the first place. I'm suggesting that the answers to these questions are a) "not as much as we think", and b) "err, no."
Nick, I didn't mean to imply in my opening story that if only we had executed a lean strategy, the project mandate wouldn't have shifted. (I mean, it may have been the case that if we had gotten to something tangible earlier, then things would have played out differently, but that's entirely speculative.) The story was really only there to explain how we stumbled onto this realization that a leaner approach to strategy was viable. As I said, it took a near crisis to force us to take this step that, now in retrospect, seems quite sensible, but at the time felt like a real leap of faith.
At any rate, I take your point that we were probably able to successfully pivot in part because our initial strategic effort had been instructive (perhaps even in ways that we may not have fully realized at the time). But at the same time, I'd have to push back against the notion that all we were doing was re-synthesizing or repackaging the same set of data points. It's not really appropriate to get into the details, so you'll have to take my word that the brief changed substantially enough that we pretty much had to move to a fresh strategic foundation.
One last thing to add, and this circles back to Anastasia's remarks: I think where lean strategy really starts to make a lot of sense is in product and service design, where the trick is to solve actual customer problems that are more often than not rooted in utility. Here, quickly getting to a concrete expression of exactly what problems you're solving and how you're going to solve them is the name of the game. And a a lean approach to strategy is a great way to make that happen.
I would say that what David is promoting is more about approach than formal 'strategy'. However the principles he outlines for 'lean strategy' are spot on. Products/services/life are in a constant state of flux and have a life of their own: good design strategy/approach should address both the past and the future, and be flexible, nimble, and generous enough to adapt to and incorporate the unknown.
I'm not sure if you're talking about strategy as it pertains to a project, or strategy as it pertains to how you approach UX... I mean, I'm sure you not suggesting that a strategist shouldn't examine data, understand KPI's, and figure out a communication plan; but it kind of sounds like that's what your suggesting in a couple places.
I think there is a case to be made for a strategist beyond a group sketching exercise. I agree that everyone wants to get the broad-strokes of any plan down as quickly as possible, but there are things like SEO, differences in mobile mindsets, and ecosystem design that require some research and critical thinking.
If you're suggesting that the UX portion of a project should take a lean approach, I'm definitely more in agreement, but would suggest that it's not possible to work that way with every client. I think a lean approach to UX upfront will require an infusion of UX (and someone to evangelize UX) throughout the project lifecycle.
Thanks for sharing this point of view. My struggle with the article is that it's hard to take much away from this without more understanding.
Why did the project shift? Because the evidence suggested it should or because of another reason? You could say the "strategy" piece was a success if it caused the product focus to change.
Could you have followed this lean approach if you hadn't done the initial research? I read this as you did a bunch of research, a bunch of synthesis, then changed direction and chose not to polish the revised synthesis. But you had done a lot of strategy up to this point to have a strong sense of what to do.
Questions aside, this approach works when you have a decent sense of the domain you're designing for and a pretty good understanding of the people you're designing for. And if the team you're working with is small, has a good handle on the users to design for, or senior buy-in is not a major requirement for project success. I don't think of personas or principles as strategy per se so much as the output (design tools) of all the work that's happened so far to help the team focus conversations throughout the design phase. And presenting polished ppt decks for the sake of it is something we could all do less of. But cutting research and synthesis time is something to do sparingly as this is a necessary process we go through to understand the problems we're challenged with and the people we're designing for.


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Where's tonight's game opening comment and lineup? Otherwise we're commenting on last night blog. Are we going to see something soon?
Not a lot of weeping and wailing amongst Yankee fans with Mitre going on DL. What did he do to go on the DL? Is it a hangnail or something? Anyway, hope Garrison can fill in and use up some innings in relief. I see from the order tonight that Giardi left Jeter in #1 spot intead of Gardner. It's a loyalty thing no doubt but how long do you go with loyalty if the guy really can't get on base and make things happen in the #1 spot. What will it take for Girardi to bite the bullet and do it. Tex still in #3 in spite of his
poor batting average, uppercutting the ball and missing, hitting into DPs, striking out. He needs to move to #5 anyway for a while. He's just not producing and his mechanics are terrible. How long will it take?
Are we going to leave Granderson on base when this inning is over and have nothing to show for it? You've got to hit guys in who are on base. Too often the Yankees strand too many. Intentionally walk Swish and pitch to loser Jones. Pretty safe to pitch to him.
Actually Cano hasn't been doing a very good job at hitting in crucial situations lately either. Won the home run derby but where are the home runs in a real game They seem to have dried up.
Anyone see the mighty Tex strike out again? And did you see the pitch he swung at for strike 3? He can't pick up the pitches at all. He is more of a liability than an asset right now. Good in the field but at the plate–a write off. No sense complaining about the calls. Can't blame his poor hitting on the umpire. How long do we have to put up with this until they either change his place in the lineup or pull him out for afew games to work on his mechanics. And to the think of the money the management pays this guy to hit like this.
If you had asked me a few years ago who I'd want at the plate in a crucial situation in the game with two men on base and two outs, I would have said without hestitation, Derek Jeter. Can't say it any more. He swings at some terrible pitches. He could have walked in his last at bat but instead struck out. That might turn out to be the turning point in the game if the Yankees lose. They tied it in the 8th and that's good but Jeter could have driven in at least 1 run to have given Mariano an opportunity to pitch the 9th and make a save.
You might like to know or not that the Sox are beating the Orioles 15-7. How come the Sox can get 15 runs in a game and the Yankees are struggling to get 5 if they're lucky. How long since we've seen the Yankees really blow out another team?
Has Long not started to work with Tex yet? This is really bad. Two guys on and he strikes out. Sure if might have been questionable on 3rd strike but you don't stand there looking if it's close. They either get Tex straightened out and yesterday or we're in trouble scoring runs down the stretch. Especially with ARod out of the lineup. This guy is not earning his money right now and hasn't for a month. What is going on with him? Is it his head? Is it his swing? Can't Long help him. How long is it going to take to get him to turn this around. It's already been too long.
I think it's overdue for Joe to stop feeling that he owes something to Jeter for all his good years and slot Gardner into #1. Jete can't get the hits in critical situations any more. You just don't have the confidence any more when he comes to bat that he's going to get it done. Also I don't think we can go with Posada the rest of the year as DH. He's done a lot for the Yankees franchise but he is not getting the power hits and he's not driving guys in like he should. Swish on base after a single and Posada hits into a double play. I don't think Jones is the answer either. We need to trade for a DH who can put some fear into the opposing pitchers and get us some runs when we need them.
AJ not getting it done again tonight. Always too many walks, lack of control and concentration. Too many homers in most games and it's always a guessing game as to which AJ is going to show up every night. Of course the Yankees haven't given him much run support either so that doesn't help. this starter for Tampa Bay. Who he is? Out of nowhere. He's certainly no Cy Young candidate. Now 4-1 because of AJ's walks. Why can't we get any kind of consistency from our starting pitching. I would be inclinded to put AJ in the bullpen but of course management isn't going to do that with all we're paying him. Now it's almost a home run from Upton And we were going to push the Rays further down in the standings in this series. This is the Rays not the Orioles.
\I agree with the above comments. You can't have enough experienced starting pitching. With the age of Colon and Garcia you just never know how far they can go and when one of them might go down. Also let's not get carried away on Hughes after only start after the DL. Who knows how he'll wear over the longer haul and whether possibly he could end up with another injury. If Jiminez is available and we don't have to give up too much of our prospect talent then grab him. We do need a utility infielder as well. Both Chavez and now Pena are out of the lineup so it's pretty thin if Nunez doesn't get it done or someone gets injured. Hopefully Laird is ready to ste up.
Gotta suck for Pena – i know the guy is never going to rival the best players in Baseball, but the timing couldn't have been any worse for him! As for do we need Jiminez, probably not, i've seen more than enough from Nova this season to be satisfied he's got more than a little potential to work well for us down the line. If we get Hughes back healthy & effective as well as AJ being consistent then there's potential for us to have a decent rotation for the next few years. Might just be me, but i'd consider a 5th starter spot for some of the prospects next year, see if their triple-a form & potential translate into big league ability.


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How do I avoid pinch flats? - UpdateHello, I'm looking for a bit of help
I'm new to commuting and have been getting a lot of pinch flats (5 in 3 weeks). I ride 26km each way and the roads can be bumpy, generally the punctures occur just after I've hit a large bump. The punctures are always in the rear. I'm riding a Repco Superlite with a rack and rack bag. I don't carry much weight (change of clothes) and I weigh 75 kg. I'm using 700x23 Continental GP4000 tyres which I suspect is my problem. I have some 700x25 Specialised All condition pro tyres although I'm not sure if they would make much difference. Other then avoid the bumps, would the best remedy be a larger tyre? If so what size? and can I just fit one to the rear and leave the 23 on the front? Thanks Last edited by hitchhiker on Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.
How do I avoid pinch flats?Get a pump with gauge and pump your tyres to appropriate pressure to weight. For 75kg, 110psi would be around the mark. Further, stand and unweight yourself when going over bumpy sections.
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Re: How do I avoid pinch flats?Thanks for the reply,
That's been my strategy so far, check the tyre pressure each morning and stand up over the bumps. Unfortunately I invariably still manage to hit some bumps while seated. I'm hoping there's a more robust solution for the bumps I fail to avoid
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats?more pressure, and/or fatter tyres.
Although the obvious solution of not hitting the big bumps would do wonders for your comfort as well as puncture rate
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats?im not too sure about 110psi, usually on the side wall it will say what the max pressure is.
saying that ive only dealt with 25 tyres or wider and the max pressure ive ever seen is 85. but yes avoid the bumps, stand up, or get a bike with suspension. maybe wider tyres.
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The accepted reference on this issue is late Sheldon Brown. http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tires.html http://www.sheldonbrown.com/flats.html Bianchi, Ridley, Montague, GT, Garmin and All things Apple
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats?More pressure will help. I think GP4000's will be fine with 110psi, although ride will be harsh.
Not riding on footpaths at speed will help (my usual culprits - still carrying too much speed coming off the roadway to get away from grumpy traffic)
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats?Try going tubeless. No tube = no pinch flats and slightly lower pressures 90psi.
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Re: How do I avoid pinch flats?Its not normal to get that many pinch flats
I'm 75kg and I run 120 rear, 110 front. About 10 psi more than Seldonbrown. Check the link that sogood has posted and set your tyres accordingly. And don't get hung up on the rating on the sidewall, that has been determined by lawyers, the safe legal limit where my a isn't going to be sued if the tyre comes off the rim Got bored of my signature
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats?Thanks for the replies,
I cut my losses today and rode the mountain bike with slicks. No punctures and although it felt slower, the travel times were about the same. I still prefer to ride the Superlite so I'll follow the tyre pressure advice to see if that solves the problem
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats?I run 28mm tyres at 120kgs and don't get pinch flats. No idea what pressure I just pump them up till they are hard.
How do I avoid pinch flats?
Gawd! The 28mm vittoria randonneurs I run on my hybrid run at 65 front and 75 rear Once you can climb hills on a bike it's all downhill.
Hopefully I'll know what that's like..... one day.
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats?
I probably should have written that as"I run 28mm tyres and weigh 120kgs...."
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats?81kg, Hutchinson tubeless (AT) 80psi.
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats?130kg's run at 110psi front and back, no issues. Only ride on good road however, luckily my commute there is bike lanes as long as the eye can see
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats?A further update:
After my last flat a couple of days ago, I replaced the tube and rode home. Today was the first chance I've had to look at the bike. I was pumping up the rear tyre, at about 110 psi there was a loud bang. Upon inspection I found the tyre was ripped and a decent hole in the tube underneath. The rip wasn't there when I replaced the tube after the flat a couple of days ago. This is a new tyre that's done less than 300km. Tyres shouldn't do this should they?
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats? - UpdateI wouldn't be surprised if you've already damaged the carcass of the tyre at some stage. Tyres don't bust like without damage. The damage would be consistent with impacts that caused the pinch flats.
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Re: How do I avoid pinch flats? - UpdateThere are heaps of different types of tyres that are less likely to pinch flat. Specialized make a tyre called "Roubaix" with an Armadillo 3mm thick top section. They're sized as a 23/ 25, strange I know, but it refers to the 23c bag & a 25c top section. Continental make a range of commuter tyres which are as heavy as, but designed to resist punctures & impacts.
Gas propulsion.......it's natural don't fight it.
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats? - UpdateI run Continental Travel tyres front and back at a pressure of 80 - 85 psi on the MTB which I use for commuting. Total weight would be a little under 90 kg. My commute doesn't involve much rough stuff, just the normal urban environment.
Since changing the rimtape there has been no flats (touch wood) and none at all due to penetrations or pinching. It would not be at all strange if history came to the conclusion that the perfection of the bicycle was the greatest achievement of the nineteenth century.
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats? - UpdateTime to go with the full puncture resistant tyres, because that's a LOT of flats.
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats? - UpdatePinchflats are cuased by crushing the tube against the rim, not by anything penetrating the casing, so "puncture resistant tyres" won't help.
The only thing that will help will be avoiding the hitting of square-edged bumps, and / or more tyre pressure. @82kgs riding weight + panniers, I run about 95psi which seems a good balance between comfort and pinchflat avoidance. That ruptured sidewall has been caused by striking something sharp that's cut the casing.
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats? - UpdateUnfortunately, it does happen. I've had brand new puncture resistant tyres that have been destroyed very quickly by that kind of cut. Not a lot you can do about it. Definitely time for a new tyre.
One piece of advice is to do a deglass and check of the tyres once a week. You'll be unpleasantly surprised as to just how much glass and bits of metal the tyres pickup in a week. Another is to cut 2 -3 pieces of tyre from an old tyre to use as liner, between the tube and the tyre wall, for tyres that get this kind of cut. It will keep you going until you can get a new tyre. Do a search here for tyre recommendations for commuting as it has been discussed at some length!
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats? - Update
The limp home trick someone taught me years ago is that any polymer bank note between the tube & tyre will stop the tube squeezing out through the hole in the tyre & its enough for you to get home on. . . . . . . .
Re: How do I avoid pinch flats? - Update
That's great, unless you need to stop for coffee. Then what do you do! Whilst a bank note will stop the tube coming out it won't stop anything sharp getting through whereas an old piece of tyre is far more likely to stop the sharp nasties.
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Get change...
It was a 'limp home trick'.... not a be-all end-all.
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@ cloudfellow:
That's some straight talk. LOL
But right on, I say: The truth hurts, but the truth shall set them free.
1) Re: THE BIG SOUTHERN EUROPEAN F*** UP:
Yes, Southern Europe is paying the price for a decade or two of delusion. And they make the non-delusional rest of the euro zone share the burden - and insult it on top of it. That' s hard to take, but if denial wasn't a problem of pandemic proportions;-), Southern Europe wouldn't be were it is right now, I guess.
2) Re: PROLIFERATE PEDRO FROM (EX)PROFLIGATE PORTUGAL:
"As per usual your [Pedro's] inferiority complex is there for everyone to see"
- Well, you said it first. Mad-cow disease would be another option.
I'm not in denial about my own country which seems to be your case when it comes to the Netherlands which really only have become a German port. And are together with Britain probably the two nations in the worst condition in terms of debt. These are the hard facts . Now go on one of your tantrums for all I care. My job here is done.
The Netherlands as broke as Portugal? Hm. I guess that's why they are lending you guys a ton of money and are still top-rated.
But yes, the Dutch are making a lot of money with their ports. They call it "earning left and right". Such a poetic nation!
It will come, austerity is already knocking at your door. Luckily enough , they're off the radar of the rating agencies so far. Two weighs, two measures.
And the Netherlands haven't lent a dime to anyone, you seem to have a difficulty in understanding how the EFSF works!
In any case, it shouldn't even be money lent, given all the things stolen throughout the centuries, and more recently, the theft of important parts of the Portuguese Crown Jewels, for which the Netherlands refused to pay compensation
And yes the Netherland's total Debt-to-GDP surmounts to something like 400-500 % (in percentage) even if they keep removing those numbers from wikipedia. They're probably frightened someone will find out.
But the ones in the know,know.
Can they remove things from Wikipedia? =:-o I thougth only Putin and China could do that!
"But the ones in the know,know."
pedrolx 2:22
@ Pedro:
The fact of the matter is that countries like the Netherlands are extending help to countries like Portugal, and that the former make a positive contribution to European integration, while the latter put it at risk.
I have no doubt that the Portuguese would be as solidary as the Dutch if they were in a similarly strong position. But the fact is, they aren't.
Nobody is expecting you to say thank you for the help you are receiving. But at least have the decency to shut up when you take it.
That's a big problem you have.. People never have to 'shut up and take it'. Even if you were right in anything you say no people from no nation should simply 'shut up and take it'. Get it?
Anyway - great pearl - Portugal put European integration at risk -LOL. Josh, grow up
Yes, Pedro, you can say what you want - of course.
And you certainly won't mind if those of us living in countries who are actually HELPING your country, Portugal, with nearly 4 billion euro net annually (EU budget) and 78 billion euro exceptionally (so you can avoid default) and whom you are insulting on end, to just shove it.
We should all speak our minds, it's so liberating!
Sorry it hurts, but at the moment, Portugal et al. ARE putting European (euro zone) integration at risk. We all hope that will eventually change.
Josh_US Lux and Pedrolx2...great stuff! The stuff of a united Europe. From where we sit on the other side of the planet you two exemplify all thats wrong and totally absurd about present day Europe.
if i can magnify your conversation it would probably be a mirror of the bumbling and stumbling of your politicians and lawmakers. The stupidity of your argument will undoubtably contribute to you two passing away in a state of wondering.


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Re: Incompetent Fools (No Text)
Must print! +1
Re: X Marks the Pot...
hehe, nice!
skatergirlnyc wrote:I totally want to vote but I don't know how?!?!
To vote, you must have made at least one purchase on any woot retail site.
Re: One Man's Trash...
attention, Woot! i received this urgent message in a bottle: "i'm the parrot of a rich Nigerian pirate, and i found a treasure map - but i can't go out cause i'm naked (had to eat my shorts to treat my scurvy). if Woot prints this (for use as pants), i'll send half the treasure to Woot HQ on Anvil Island (off the coast of Honduras)"
Mavyn wrote:...Will wait to see, as I thought it was restricted to tee sales, not the art in other forms as well..
Me too . Is a awesome work, hope he continue in competition.
Re: Polly on Jolly
inspektordogge wrote:I really like your style here. It looks lithographic.
Re: Air Raid
Re: The jolliest letter of them all!!
WinterArtwork wrote: we just had the same idea...it happens hardly worth making an issue over
i wasn't attacking you (or your entry). it seems i didn't fully understand the similar designs exist rule (clarified by odysseyroc above). in hindsight, i shouldn't have vented my frustration over the rejection of "Copy Cat" here. sorry!
Re: How to Drive a Pirate Mad
This is super cool!
I like it better without the text, his expression certainly says enough.
Re: ARRR!
Cute and clever!
Re: From Sea to Sky
I keep coming back to look at your design. It's just lovely and whimsical.
mverc wrote:I like it but think it would be better without the crow's nest. Just the parrot perched on the sail.
I did try it without the crow's nest and didn't like it as much, but that was before I colored everything, so that might have made the difference.
I want to see this fight play out. Not sure who to bet on, though. Completely adorable design, well done!
Re: No Quarter Given
Hope this shirt wins
Re: Rated ARRRRRR
I Want this shirt. Vote vote vote!
hahahahaahah greaaaaaaaat one!
fishbiscuit5 wrote:I keep coming back to look at your design. It's just lovely and whimsical.
me too, I wish it would print!! Please please tell me if this prints elsewhere I really want it !
Awesome! His expression really comes alive in this version.
Re: The Rusty Hook
Personally, I would buy this as a design but not as a shirt. I'm just so picky with the shirt colors ^^;. It has my vote though, first time I saw it the pun made me giggle .
captainbaldie wrote:I'm saying that the artist typically justs illustrates the theme on a base level, and that is what makes it boring to me. While technically very proficent, I personally find most of this artist's work that he submits here devoid of an kind of style or trademark. In mention his composition because I can't really recall a design of his that looks like it was anything more than an illustration put on a shirt. This is totally just my personal opinion, and I apologize if I didn't get my point across before. My recomendation for the artist is to possibly try experimenting with difrent styles, and thinking more outside of the box with his compositions. I believe if he could pair up some more creativity with his technically skill, I'd find myself liking his work a lot more.
Ah, gotcha. Your original post seemed, to me, to be very harsh and unfair. I felt I just had to defend the design because I find it to be so breathtaking. Looking back on what I've written, it kinda sounds like I'm trying to get a rise out of you or something, but that wasn't my intention. I think designers need more comments like the one I'm quoting now because it helps them recognize their strengths and weaknesses. It helps them grow. I apologize if I sounded like a complete and total jerk in my posts yesterday. It really wasn't my intention.
collinvh wrote:A family member told me another artist has an entry in the derby with this concept (there may be more than one). So I've refrained from looking at the derby until now. Sorry for the double up on ideas and I hope you enjoy this take.
haha at first I was like why are all the leaves in a straight line? How clever!
Re: Instant Night Vision (Resub)
please tell me if this prints elsewhere : )
I love that it works! My father is blind in one eye AND likes pirates, so this would be hilarious for him.
Re: Irrational Pirate
I wish your other shirt would win
Re: Arrrgyle Parrot
Thank you I love argyle and never saw it's pirate relevance - clever and cute! Good luck!
Re: Map to My Heart Resub
I love this shirt; I really hope it makes it through. Break a leg!
Re: Digital Piracy
towards this shirt and the pirat one in the fog, why is everyone sold on math shirts in a pirate derby? I'm not trying to be accusatory, I am seriously confused.
This really is fantastic CD, losing the paper and text and adding a double fist shaking really brings out the ARRRRRRRR!!!!! Great joke, and great pirate. I might even buy this on a shorter imported tee shirt.. :-\ MIGHT
Voted. This better win. It's creative and interesting and makes you stop and think to make the connection to the theme. I am blown away by all the people calling this off topic you're all a bunch of naggers and might be better off shopping Walmart, I'm sure they sell generic pirate shirts with swords, hooks, and peglegs there.
kadenian wrote:An animal made from typography, what an original idea!
This. How does this thought process work? "Well, there's a raven and a cat that have been in the top 20 forever, lets just do that except with a rat." Also, I don't really care what the unwritten rules are or how adorable someone thinks it is. It's not a pirate. It doesn't have anything to do with pirates. The rules specifically mentioned lots of things that had to do with pirates, and none of them were rats. It barely even counts as a pun if both the spelling and the pronunciation have to change.
Hah! That is funny. Is it or is it not really frustrating to draw a rainbow by hand? I'm never doing it again, but yours looks nice
Re: All Sails Ahead!
spens do you have a deviantart or a place where we can view your masterpieces?
You know, I appreciate the direct approach sometimes. People are so quick to wedge cute animals, pop culture references, nerd jokes, or something into every single theme regardless of relevance. It's nice to see a great pirate on a pirate ship in the pirate derby. I do agree with some of the criticism that the pirate could stick out more with a little color and it DOES look a little like an airbrushing on a tee shirt. But I think they are minor quibbles, it's a damn awesome pirate ship.
lisonallie wrote:towards this shirt and the pirat one in the fog, why is everyone sold on math shirts in a pirate derby? I'm not trying to be accusatory, I am seriously confused.
It's not really a math joke, it's more like a play on the new-fangled digital pirates who plunder data instead of gold doubloons. It's a jolly roger made of binary.
Re: Aaarrrr Sunk
You are awsome! Photoshop? Great Job!
jsee1218 wrote:I love this one. Just an opinion, though: I would get rid of the feather in the pirate's hat. Kinda makes me think of Shakespeare for some reason. Then again, maybe it's just me. That's very possible. ;)
yeah you might be right. there's something shakespeare-ish or musketeerey about the tiny sea captain. i feel it could be the feather, or maybe the 'stache which is just too perky for a misanthrope.
Re: The PiRAT
wow. rather shocking number of 'critiques', if you can call 'em that. i very much like that the reference is subtle! i would look forward to the inevitable questions, & even more forward to comments from the few who could work it out on their own. seriously, at least there's something in it for them like me who are fairly shot of cutesy anime-inspired 'winners' that would make me look like i'm in gradeschool. you go, tater! i hope to wear this on international talk-like-a-pirate day!
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