March 2012
3 posts
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Communication is complex. It requires more than just words to be truly effective. Intonation and inflection are completely lost in the translation to digital form and misunderstanding happens in their absence.
I get more frustrated every day with the terse, cold nature of electronic discussion. I need a cleansing period. As of today, I am removing myself from all personal online interactions by...
Armchair Activism and the Misconception of "Good...
Twitter has an immense ecosystem with incredible diversity. There are accounts for everything and for all types. Many people stick with a single theme and run with it. Comedians never break character; activists fight the good fight; others simply lament over or sing praises about their daily lives. It has helped launch fledgling businesses. It’s been wielded as a powerful weapon against...
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SOLID Principles for Operations
SOLID is a mnemonic acronym for five basic principles of object-oriented design, originally coined by “Uncle Bob” Martin. From Wikipedia: “The principles when applied together intend to make it more likely that a programmer will create a system that is easy to maintain and extend over time.” While SOLID is designed to help guide developers, these principles can be very much...
