It's the little things Friday, July 02, 2010, by Sebastian Dwornik
Once you gain experience using a variety of tools within any single domain, no matter the platform, a clear differentiating factor begins to emerge.
It's all in the details.
Windows XP versus Windows 7. Windows Phone/Android versus iPhone. Visual Studio/XCode versus Eclipse.
They all relatively do the same thing compared to each other. But it's the little things that push the product/platform/tool past simple mediocrity into its unique professional status.
Things like the little magnifier bubble for the iPhone.
The Windows 7 taskbar live preview and window snap.
Intelligent code completion in Visual Studio/XCode and real-time code checking while you're typing.
Being "good enough" can get you invited to the party. But being "awesome" makes you the life of the party and gains you a fan base.
And to achieve that, you need to focus on the little things.