CodeQuotes

A hero

Neal Enssle — Tue, 24 May 2011 03:35:49 +0000

“A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.”

Roosevelt on indecision

Neal Enssle — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:43:29 +0000

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Goethe on boldness

Neal Enssle — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:40:29 +0000

“Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”

— Goethe

Vonnegut-So-it-goes

Neal Enssle — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:20:05 +0000

“So it goes.”

— Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five

Marine on usability

Neal Enssle — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:18:09 +0000

“It is far better to adapt the technology to the user than to force the user to adapt to the technology.”

— Larry Marine

Subramaniam on simple solutions

Neal Enssle — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:34:20 +0000

“The reason I prefer simple solutions is not my desire for elegance or simplicity but my inability to comprehend complexity.”

— Venkat Subramaniam, Twitter, 8/11/2010

McConnell on readability

Neal Enssle — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:02:30 +0000

“Making code readable is not an optional part of the development process, and favoring write-time convenience over read-time convenience is a false economy.”

— Steve McConnell, Code Complete

Usability

Neal Enssle — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:38:18 +0000

“Usability is the quality of a system that makes it easy to learn, easy to use, easy to remember, error tolerant, and subjectively pleasing.”

— Usability First, http://www.usabilityfirst.com/about-usability/introduction-to-user-centered-design/

Seth Godin on the only possible response

Neal Enssle — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:35:58 +0000

“The only possible response… isn’t.”

— Seth Godin, http://sethgodin.typepad.com

M. Feathers Art of programming

Neal Enssle — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:00:28 +0000

“The Art of Programming is doing one !@%^$ thing at a time.”

— Michael Feathers, Twitter, 5/11/2010