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Creative Columns 20

Quality vs Time

Why does work tend to improve over time? Some people say the first idea is the best, but for some reason the first iterations are never satisfactory.

Is the thought of knowing we can create something better over time keeping us from sticking with that first idea? Obviously the more time is spent on the details of any work leads to a higher standard. But is it just the time factor that makes us perceive our work to be of a higher caliber?

“…the first iterations
are never satisfactory.”

What if we were to delete time from

our existence? Inconceivable to say the least, even your heartbeat provides a rhythm for time. There is absolutely nothing you can do to delete time. And without time, the other nine dimensions would get rather bored.

“…the
other nine dimensions would get rather bored.”

But still, the question remains: would this theory mean that working on a project into infinity will only make it better? It might sound absurd, but this is most certainly true: when time passes by, things change, the world changes. Over time, your project needs to

change in order to keep up with the world around you. So in a sense time will always bring quality.

“…that’s just my latest estimate…”

But when will you have reached the optimum value of quality compared to the available time? I don’t know for sure, but my explorations have made me
believe that for every ¼ π times 42 divided by ∞ minutes should results in at least 2.69 good ideas.

Then again, that’s
just my latest estimate, the first iterations where
not really that satisfactory…

Jan van der Asdonk

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