On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Gil Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. Even when you understand a concept, having to formulate an > > explanation of it in a way that lay people and newbies can understand > > it, too, deepens your understanding of that concept or practice > > profoundly. > > > > I am in total agreement with both of your points. I have often told > others > that the best way to really learn a subject is to try teaching it to > someone > else. Thus one of the many benefits in my being a mentor, and in giving > presentations on various business and computer related subjects. Clearly > that is not the same as teaching a room full of students over the course > of > several months a subject in depth. But, it still serves to demand that I > understand the subject as thoroughly as I can in advance - and the rest I > learn on-the-fly and by having to answer questions. > > > > This compels me to keep my UI simple > > When I develped my two commercial applications one of objectives to make > it > so dumb-ass simple to use (yet retain its raw power on tap) that it would > not require a User Manual. I tell clients and prospects that if I had to > create a User Manual it would be a strong indication that I failed in the > software's design. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >
I call this PHD programming. No not piled higher and deeper. Instead it is for Push Here Dummy. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
