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[xpe2e] Whitespace: msg#00004programming.extreme-programming.xp-explained2
I had to think about this for a long time to make sure I could say things properly. One thing I frequently see are invisible walls. This sounds strange but, it's true. Our group rearranges tables and computers frequently. This is a regular task that occurs as teams grow and shrink, get created and disband, etc. And it seems that as this occurrs, little no-man's-lands seem to form. Some table with a couple PCs on it, usually the oldest and least updated, evolves between team X and team Y. I used to do some web and print design, so I often think about it with a whitespace metaphor. If anyone here has done print, I think they'll understand what I mean. Each team is like a paragraph, each meeting room a graphic, and the office secretaries are almost like the headline as people enter the room. (Ok, so it's not a good metaphor...) It's almost as if each team needs little whitespace, a little elbow room, in order to feel comfortable. It lets them gather together and talk without disturbing everyone. It helps them feel more together by not making them feel packed in. We're all one big team in one big room, just like this is one big post. But "this" is just a single word, surrounded by spaces, in a single sentance, borded by a period on one end and a capital letter on the other, in a paragraph with empy lines above and below it. otherwiseitgetsalittletoocrowdedinhere bu tfir stwe' llsi ttoge ther ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xpbookdiscussiongroup/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: xpbookdiscussiongroup-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ |
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