Comments on: Programming and The Sunk Cost Fallacy http://particletree.com/notebook/programming-and-the-sunk-cost-fallacy/ Everyone needs a hug. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:43:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris Campbell http://particletree.com/notebook/programming-and-the-sunk-cost-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2387 Chris Campbell Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:00:25 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=238#comment-2387 <p>Hi Joel,</p> <p>The post didn't really accomplish anything and we were just a little frustrated at the time.</p> Hi Joel,

The post didn’t really accomplish anything and we were just a little frustrated at the time.

]]> By: Joel http://particletree.com/notebook/programming-and-the-sunk-cost-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2386 Joel Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:29:09 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=238#comment-2386 <p>Great comments.</p> <p>BTW - why the retraction of wufoo v icebrrg?</p> Great comments.

BTW - why the retraction of wufoo v icebrrg?

]]> By: Joshua Vaage http://particletree.com/notebook/programming-and-the-sunk-cost-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2385 Joshua Vaage Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:27:05 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=238#comment-2385 <p>Now I'm staring to feel really bad about not doing those final clean ups I promised myself I would do. 'quick fixes'... argh! I swear I will try harder. I must become a zen programmer. Good read.</p> Now I’m staring to feel really bad about not doing those final clean ups I promised myself I would do. ‘quick fixes’… argh! I swear I will try harder. I must become a zen programmer. Good read.

]]> By: Moss Collum http://particletree.com/notebook/programming-and-the-sunk-cost-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2384 Moss Collum Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:01:11 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=238#comment-2384 <p>A bit of a tangent, but one of the most encouraging things I've seen lately is <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/" rel="nofollow">the blog of the programmer at Adobe</a> who's responsible for porting the Flash 9 player to Linux. (Your interface, though, is gorgeous in HTML and JavaScript.)</p> A bit of a tangent, but one of the most encouraging things I’ve seen lately is the blog of the programmer at Adobe who’s responsible for porting the Flash 9 player to Linux. (Your interface, though, is gorgeous in HTML and JavaScript.)

]]> By: John Topley http://particletree.com/notebook/programming-and-the-sunk-cost-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2383 John Topley Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:18:46 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=238#comment-2383 <p>Very good points.</p> Very good points.

]]> By: Jamie Tibbetts http://particletree.com/notebook/programming-and-the-sunk-cost-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2382 Jamie Tibbetts Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:37:36 +0000 http://s2462.gridserver.com/wordpress/?p=238#comment-2382 <p>I wish more people subscribed to the sunk cost theory.</p> <p>The sunk cost fallacy really comes into play when you tell a new client that something of theirs needs to be completely redone and they resist because they spent a lot of money on it.</p> I wish more people subscribed to the sunk cost theory.

The sunk cost fallacy really comes into play when you tell a new client that something of theirs needs to be completely redone and they resist because they spent a lot of money on it.

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