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  • [Laws] John Tobler's "Not About" Law

    This Law is far from obvious. Only a few people manage to take its guidance to heart. John Tobler's "Not About" Law: "It's not about you. Life is your opportunity to contribute to the welfare and enjoyment of others." Life is not really about you. A little of it may be about you. Not much. Most people...
    Posted to Tobler.SoftwareArchitecture() (Weblog) by CSharpener on 04-19-2006, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Human Stuff, Laws, General, CSharpener on .NET
  • [Laws] John Tobler's Really Readit Rule

    Before you willy nilly adopt or use some new word, principle, law, rule, concept, example, framework, tool, or technology, try this. John Tobler's Really Readit Rule: "Before subjecting others to it, understand it! Read all the words intelligently; read each word thoughtfully; don't forget to read what...
    Posted to Tobler.SoftwareArchitecture() (Weblog) by CSharpener on 04-18-2006, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Human Stuff, Laws, General, CSharpener on .NET
  • [Laws] John Tobler's Exemplary Emulation Rule

    You can find a lot of code out there on the Net. Just make sure you follow this rule. John Tobler's Exemplary Emulation Rule: "Emulate the exemplary, not the 'examplary'!" Be sure to read each word in this rule carefully. Actually that's the seed concept for another rule, John Tobler's Really Readit...
    Posted to Tobler.SoftwareArchitecture() (Weblog) by CSharpener on 04-18-2006, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Human Stuff, Laws, General, CSharpener on .NET
  • [Laws] John Tobler's "Three Strikes" Refactoring Rule

    So many lines of code written in various languages for so many systems in so many industries; so many reworked programs, procedures, methods, and classes; so many code reviews -- finally, I have boiled down one of my pet peeves into another rule statement that I can claim as my own. Here is John Tobler...
    Posted to Tobler.SoftwareArchitecture() (Weblog) by CSharpener on 04-13-2006, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Laws, General, CSharpener on .NET
  • [Laws] John Tobler's Law of Tradeoffs

    I am hereby staking at least temporary claim to --- John Tobler's Law of Tradeoffs "For everything there is a tradeoff." For years, I have mentioned some variation of this law to colleagues, vaguely referring to it by saying, "As one of the great laws says, 'For everything there is a tradeoff.'" Sometimes...
    Posted to Tobler.SoftwareArchitecture() (Weblog) by CSharpener on 04-12-2006, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Human Stuff, Laws, General
  • [Laws] John Tobler's Law

    It is time to stake a claim to my own law and its first corollary. Here they are: John Tobler's Law : "Wherever in this world you stand, you will soon be in someone's way." Corollary to John Tobler's Law: "Wherever in this world you want to go, someone will soon be in your way." I penned "John Tobler...
    Posted to Tobler.SoftwareArchitecture() (Weblog) by CSharpener on 04-20-2005, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Human Stuff, Laws, General
  • [Laws] Tobler's Metrics of Civilization

    It may look simplistic, but it took me many years to state this clearly. Tobler's Metric of Civilization: "We are civilized to the degree that we do something "for," rather than "to," other peoples' children." House, feed, heal, clothe, educate, motivate, encourage...
    Posted to Tobler.SoftwareArchitecture() (Weblog) by CSharpener on 08-14-2006, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: [Human Factor], Human Stuff, General, [General], [Laws], Laws
  • [Laws] John Tobler's Fun-duh-mental Laws and Rules

    Now that I have created (or appropriated) more than one fun-duh-mental law, I am starting a list. 1. John Tobler's Law : "Wherever in this world you stand, you will soon be in someone's way." 2. Corollary to John Tobler's Law : "Wherever in this world you want to go, someone...
    Posted to Tobler.SoftwareArchitecture() (Weblog) by CSharpener on 04-13-2006, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Human Stuff, CSharpener on .NET, General, [General], [Laws], Laws
  • [Laws] Tobler's Metrics of Civilization

    It may look simplistic, but it took me many years to state this clearly. Tobler's Metric of Civilization: "We are civilized to the degree that we do something "for," rather than "to," other peoples' children." House, feed, heal, clothe, educate, motivate, encourage...
    Posted to Tobler.SoftwareArchitecture() (Weblog) by CSharpener on 08-14-2006, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: [General], [Human Factor], [Laws], General, Human Stuff, Laws
  • [Laws] John Tobler's "Not About" Law

    This Law is far from obvious. Only a few people manage to take its guidance to heart. John Tobler's "Not About" Law: "It's not about you. Life is your opportunity to contribute to the welfare and enjoyment of others." Life is not really about you. A little of it may be about you. Not much. Most people...
    Posted to Tobler.SoftwareArchitecture() (Weblog) by CSharpener on 04-19-2006, 12:00 AM
    Filed under: Human Stuff, CSharpener on .NET, General, Laws
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