I listened (finally) to the first Debug podcast with Loren Brichter.
The thing I was struck by was how much he emphasized the word experiment. He was always experimenting as an indie developer around different ideas, like rewriting UIKit using OpenGL, and GameCenter, and all kinds of other ideas.
He also (no surprise) focused on experiences. But the way he did it got me thinking about how his experiments contributed to his capacity to craft experiences for his users. I think about how little I experiment and go with the standard solution only. As I'm writing this, though, I can see how the automated testing harness that I'm experimenting with can be an awesome verification tool for the experiments I attempt.
I think it could be really something to focus on my own experiences and experiment to improve those experiences as well. As I play around with this MOVED paradigm, it could really yield some interesting ideas. And I'm definitely interested in that. I like the idea of adding in automation everywhere so that things wind up operating better and being maintained better. I really do. It's like adding more integrity and more confidence into the system.