“Take The Time To Write A Short Letter”

It’s a funny old saying.  I’m sure you’ve heard it before.  Allegedly, Mark Twain once said, “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead”.

I think it’s very true.  It takes a lot longer to cut something down.  To distil the same value into relatively few words.  A lot more.

I couldn’t help thinking that the same is true of code.

And process.  Keeping things simple can be complicated.

But I’m sure it’s worth it.

Kelly.

P.S. This post took me ages ;)

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3 Responses to ““Take The Time To Write A Short Letter””

1. ibrahim says:

   10 July 2011 at 7:46 am

   can iknow what exactly agile mean?
2. Kelly Waters says:

   11 July 2011 at 3:06 pm

   Hi Ibrahim – take a look at the agile manifesto here –

   http://agilemanifesto.org/

   And also my blog series ’10 Key Principles of Agile Development’ here –

   http://www.allaboutagile.com/category/10-key-principles-of-agile/

   Kelly.
3. Sean Blanton says:

   18 July 2011 at 4:40 pm

   http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=177502

   Blaise Pascal:

   “My Reverend Fathers, my letters have not usually followed so closely,
   nor been so long. The small amount of time that I have is the cause of
   both. I would not have made this so long except that I do not have the
   leisure to make it shorter.”