Eloquent Explanations (RubyNation 2012)

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1. @russolsen

2. Eloquent Explanations [email protected] @russolsen thinkrelevance.com

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4. Friction = Cf * Fv Efficiency = 1 - Tc

   / Th Stress = Fs / A
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6. Five Ways to Make Your Explanations Stick

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8. Take Explaining Seriously

9. You Need A Plan

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11. Zoom In

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16. Four score and 7 years ago...

17. Now we are engaged in a great civil war...

18. We are met here on a great battlefield...

19. 87 years ago... Last few years... This afternoon...

20. Zoom out

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24. Process

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27. Historical

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29. 4

30. Be Agile

31. Do It Measure It Fix It Repeat

32. Silence Blank Looks Same Questions

33. It’s You

34. mind the Gap

35. Red

36. Red Rojo

37. Rojo

38. Experts know it so well

39. They forget there is anything to know Experts know it

    so well

40. First Thing? install Ruby install Rails rvm bundler models views

    MVC OO contollers

41. Ruby is the Language

42. Rails is the Framework

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47. 00:02

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50. Put Important Stuff First

51. Terminology Is not Important Stuff

52. reset

53. This is really hard

54. Most People Never Get This

55. Supply Small Victories

56. Tell them it’s hard AFTER

57. 5 Ways To...

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59. DRY

60. Don’t Repeat Yourself

61. DRY

62. Having no adornment

63. Impersonal

64. Dull

65. Without Butter

66. You Are Here

67. Repeat Yourself Enough

68. RYE!

69. Repeat Yourself for Emphasis

70. Repeat Yourself to Provide Context

71. Don’t sound like the IRS

72. Refer to Section 9.7 before proceeding...

73. Remember, we saw in Section 9.7, the red wire is

    connected directly to the detonator...

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81. One small joke

82. One small joke Decades

83. Mix In Some Humor

84. Are You Funny?

85. Sort of Funny?

86. Don’t Let the Joke Get in the Way

87. Don’t Let the Joke Get in the Way Subtle is

    Better

88. Don’t Let the Joke Get in the Way Subtle is

    Better Don’t Explain

89. Not Funny?

90. Mix In Some Humor

91. Mix In Some Humor

92. Show Up

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98. Eloquent Explanations [email protected] @russolsen thinkrelevance.com

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