Making Squeak more accessible and used - reversing the trend
Brad Fuller
brad at bradfuller.com
Tue Feb 6 16:43:18 UTC 2007
Bill Schwab wrote:
> Brad,
>
> The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that
> insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change.
> Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or
> articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being
> heard. People can only hear you when they are moving toward you, and
> they are not likely to when your words are pursuing them. Even the
> choicest words lose their power when they are used to overpower.
> Attitudes are the real figures of speech. (Edwin H. Friedman)
>
> More to the point, give the user what they want, though not necessarily
> the way they want it. Then gradually show them a better way.
I wasn't necessarily referring to the user. I think all of us developers
have this tendency... especially me.
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brad fuller
www.bradfuller.com
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