An exception to the Google rule?

the Google rule

Don't overplan something. Just do it half-assed to start with, then throw more people at it to fix it if it works. Worked for every successful Google project from AdWords to Google Maps.

-- Submitted by dmarti on 13 December 2007 to LinuxWorld Community

Based on the rest of the post, another rule should also apply, something along the lines of:

If something isn't working.  Stop doing it, and try something else. 

--Tom Sayles