Summary: Basecamp's head of strategy, Ryan Singer, sits down to discuss his new book, Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters. The book is a culmination of Ryan's 15+ years working at Basecamp and explains how small teams of designers and programmers can ship great work in six-week cycles. Ryan's book is about product development and software, but many of its ideas around working with the right level of abstraction, embracing constraints, and making smart bets are applicable to other creative pursuits. Show Notes Books by Basecamp - 00:13 Ryan on Twitter - 00:19 Breadboard on Wikipedia and in Shape Up - 6:30 Forrest M. Mims III on Wikipedia - 7:00 "Planning is Guessing," our episode featuring Jason Fried on six-week cycles (his segment starts at 10:03). See also his Signal v. Noise post, "What six weeks of work looks like" - 13:20 "Bets, not Backlogs," a chapter in Shape Up - 16:17 The section on appetite in Shape Up - 17:13 The section on the circuit breaker in Shape Up - 19:16
