When I was at Tek, I was frustrated that computer hardware was being improved faster than computer software. I wanted to invent some software that was completely different, that would grow and change as it was used. That's how wiki came about.
What's the simplest thing that could possibly work? - Ward Cunningham
What's the simplest thing that could possibly work?
- Ward Cunningham
Over and over, people try to design systems that make tomorrow's work easy. But when tomorrow comes it turns out they didn't quite understand tomorro… - Ward Cunningham
Over and over, people try to design systems that make tomorrow's work easy. But when tomorrow comes it turns out they didn't quite understand tomorro…
There's been an awful lot of discussion about what is or isn't simple, and people have gotten a pretty sophisticated notion of simplicity, but I'm no… - Ward Cunningham
There's been an awful lot of discussion about what is or isn't simple, and people have gotten a pretty sophisticated notion of simplicity, but I'm no…
I can't tell you how much time is spent worrying about decisions that don't matter. To just be able to make a decision and see what happens is tremen… - Ward Cunningham
I can't tell you how much time is spent worrying about decisions that don't matter. To just be able to make a decision and see what happens is tremen…
Each routine you read turns out to be pretty much what you expected. You can call it beautiful code when the code also makes it look like the languag… - Ward Cunningham
Each routine you read turns out to be pretty much what you expected. You can call it beautiful code when the code also makes it look like the languag…
When you get in situations where you cannot afford to make a mistake, it's very hard to do the right thing. So if you're trying to do the right thing… - Ward Cunningham
When you get in situations where you cannot afford to make a mistake, it's very hard to do the right thing. So if you're trying to do the right thing…
Why have a locked wiki when you can instead just post static Web pages? - Ward Cunningham
Why have a locked wiki when you can instead just post static Web pages?
The shortest path to exceeding expectations doesn't generally pass through meeting expectations. - Ward Cunningham
The shortest path to exceeding expectations doesn't generally pass through meeting expectations.
I don't claim to be a methodologist, but I act like one only because I do methodology to protect myself from crazy methodologists. - Ward Cunningham
I don't claim to be a methodologist, but I act like one only because I do methodology to protect myself from crazy methodologists.
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