So often when we put new things out into the world – and this is especially true on the internet – what we think they are and what they actually are can quickly become two very different things. I’ve seen one small thought in a single post transform a small blog into a world-changing movement with thousands of active and engaged team members. I’ve seen well-planned projects with millions of dollars invested scrapped within months when the public decided they didn’t care about it after all. That’s both the beauty and the horror of the web: you can never tell exactly what you’re going to get, so you better go in with a rough idea of what you want to accomplish, but be prepared to roll with the changes that are sure to come (and probably quickly). As Mike Tyson said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” After seeing my initial plans for web projects get heavily revised again and again over the past two decades, I’m perfectly happy driving into this one with a pleasantly vague sense of where I want it to go, while still being aware that the map will probably be […]