WordPress with Friends: What Board Games Teach Us about Creating for the Web

Board games aren’t really about winning. They’re about shared experiences.

You can look at your opponent’s brilliant, game-winning move and say, “Wow…that was awesome,” because you’re actually celebrating how they pushed themselves to think outside the box and overcome a tough challenge. (And besides, next time you’ll use their own idea against them.)

It doesn’t matter that you haven’t memorized the whole rule book, or that your last strategy completely blew up in your face. When you play a board game, you and your friends are encouraging each other to try harder and have fun at the same time.

We face many challenges when we create and work with websites. and all the skills involved would take many lifetimes to truly master. But rather than being frustrated by the obstacles, intimidated into doubting ourselves, or misled into believing that we’re on our own, we can shift our perspective and remind ourselves to have fun and grow together.

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