[Pdx-pm] Tomorrow: Simple Questions Should Have Simple Answers + pdx.pm governance & free osbridge pass

[Ovid]

Barring something disastrous, I'll be there. Looking forward to catching up with some old friends and maybe making some new ones.

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