Yeah, I'm not going to use that line but Drupal is going to be used in the next Star Trek movie. Pretty cool, but I wonder what took it so long? I bet there's a huge overlap between the two communities.

It's no secret that many of us here at Palantir are fans of the science fiction genre, in particular the "Star Trek" franchise. Not only are we obsessed with Trek trivia and memorabilia, but every year for Halloween it's a tradition that at least one of us shows up at the office dressed up in Starfleet uniform.

Drupal for the Enterprise

The more that a team can interact and iterate, the better you're final product can be.  In my ideal world, I'd skip a detailed wireframing exercise and get to building a prototype as soon as possible.  Its so much easier to explain what is difficult to build if there's something to click on.  Or you might learn that what you thought was hard turns out to be easy, or vice-versa.  Finally, if you already know if you are using Sharepoint, Drupal, or anything else, you're front-end designer has to know assumptions the platform makes, how it manages content, and other implementation details.

In my practical experience, I find that teams are more efficient when roles overlap and people understand what is happening outside of their silo.

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Do you mark everything high or highest priority?  I've avoided that trap, but nonetheless, it just means everything is Normal priority for me.  Unless I attach a due date to something, its easy for it to slip off of my radar.  WebWorkerDaily has a short post describing one way to prioritize your todo list.

About a week ago, I noticed that my task list had this distribution for prioritization: 95 percent "highest," 4 percent "high," 1 percent "normal," and no tasks at all at the "low" and "lowest" priorities. Is this because I am so important that everything I do is of the utmost importance? I wish that were so, but no. It's because I'm not being realistic about my prioritization. That's my dirty little task management secret.

My Dirty Little Task Management Secret -- WebWorkerDaily