August 2009
2 posts
Sending an IM via Gtalk in Clojure
Email has its place, but when it comes to short notifications — of the status of a job, for example — IMs work great.
If you think of your software as your co-worker — someone you work with who helps you do your job — all kinds of functionality just make sense. Would you rather your co-worker emailed you or IMed you? Then the software should do that.
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If you would be ...
Here’s something I’ve noticed recently: if you would be Xed, be Xable.
A few concrete examples…
If you would be taught, be teachable.
If you would be understood, be understandable.
If your software would be used, make it be usable.
And last but not least, the quote of Ovid that inspired it all: If you would be loved, be loveable.