One-Liner Wednesday – Perfection

I guess I should put the explanation up front, lest I get in trouble with the folks who don’t like it when I make them look stuff up. So, in case you aren’t aware. R.O.I. stands for return on investment and it’s a typical, albeit often meaningless (in my opinion), measure of the value of a purchase/project. That said, in this case, I happen to like the expression. Next week’s one-liner will be “when you need 73 words to explain your one-line Wednesday post, please reconsider.”

I heard this recently while attending a seminar. We were discussing a planned effort to make an information system an even more satisfying experience for the people who use it, when a friend said:

“The ROI of perfection is very low.”

I liked the expression the minute I heard it. I’ve often repeated a similar bit of advice to the designers and programmers working for me:

“Perfect is the enemy of good enough.”

But, I think the ROI version is more “professional” and, unfortunately, including a buzz-word often helps get peoples’ attention.

The reason I picked this expression for today, has to do with the photos I tried to take this past weekend. First off, I think the photos I envisioned were better than the ones that were possible. Second, Maddie. I took these while walking Maddie, and I tried the “get closer to your subject” approach, but kneeling seems to mean “I want to play with you” in dog. Third, I’m still trying to figure out the Close-up mode on this camera, which seems to lie somewhere between normal photo and macro.

Unlike my first attempt, I kinda like the photos in the Gallery:

We have been having a freeze/thaw cycle every night and morning this week.

The wind and the ice are working together

It was a pristine surface until Maddie discovered she could break through

She liked the sound and she liked the water underneath

I like the detail of this leaf as well as its position

Dipping under the ice

Across the ice

We have been having a freeze/thaw cycle every night and morning this week.

Maddie let me get this shot without the photobomb

Yes, Maddie, you’re very pretty

I was going to get some close-ups of the ice and where people had been doing donuts, but the entire surface was frozen.

I wanted to get closer to that leaf, but it meant going onto the ice…with the dog.

Interesting patterns

“Hmmm, whatever is beneath the ice smells like something I should taste.”

Do not try walking across ice while attached to an Irish Setter

This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. Some day, I’ll have one that is closer to one line