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Seven <enobacon@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Portland Perl Mongers <pdx-pm-list@pm.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 18:33<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Pdx-pm] Tomorrow: Simple Questions Should Have Simple Answers +
pdx.pm governance & free osbridge pass<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>Also at the June meeting: the raffle for a free pass to OS bridge next <br>week ( <a href="http://opensourcebridge.org/" target="_blank">http://opensourcebridge.org/ </a>)<br><br><br> Thursday, June 13th, 6:53pm at FreeGeek -- 1731 SE 10th Ave.<br><br>speaker: Michael Schwern<br><br>If a developer ever says “it’s really simple”, run and do not look back.<br>Developers often throw around terms like “easy” and “obvious” but what <br>do they tell them about what to do to make something “easier” and “more <br>obvious”? What does it tell them about whether somebody else will find <br>something “easy” and “obvious”? Not a lot.<br><br>Giving simple questions simple answers tells how to take action to make <br>things easier and more obvious to the casual user. Embracing the task of <br>providng simple answers rejects the fallacy
that complex implementations <br>mean complex answers. It creates a new relationship of respect between <br>the user and the developer; a good user can ask a simple question <br>illuminating what people want to do, and a good developer fulfills the <br>user’s desire for a simple answer.<br><br>* What does it mean to be simple?<br>* How do you find it?<br>* What are its benefits?<br>* What happens when you don’t seek simplicity?<br><br><br>+pdx.pm governance<br><br>Before the presentation, we will have a short discussion about the <br>future of the monthly group meetings as Eric Wilhelm is no longer able <br>to be the sole organizer.<br><br>-> <a href="https://github.com/PortlandPerlMongers/" target="_blank">https://github.com/PortlandPerlMongers/</a><br><br>As usual, the meeting will be followed by social hour at the Lucky Lab <br>Brew Pub.<br>-- <br>---------------------------------------------------<br> <a href="http://pdx.pm.org/"
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