Eloquent Explanations (RubyNation 2012)

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@russolsen

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Eloquent Explanations [email protected] @russolsen thinkrelevance.com

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Friction = Cf * Fv Efﬁciency = 1 - Tc / Th Stress = Fs / A

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Five Ways to Make Your Explanations Stick

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Take Explaining Seriously

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You Need A Plan

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Four score and 7 years ago...

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

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We are met here on a great battleﬁeld...

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

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Process

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Historical

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Be Agile

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Do It Measure It Fix It Repeat

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Silence Blank Looks Same Questions

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It’s You

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mind the Gap

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Red

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Red Rojo

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Rojo

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Experts know it so well

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They forget there is anything to know Experts know it so well

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First Thing? install Ruby install Rails rvm bundler models views MVC OO contollers

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Ruby is the Language

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Rails is the Framework

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Put Important Stuff First

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Terminology Is not Important Stuff

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reset

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This is really hard

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Most People Never Get This

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Supply Small Victories

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Tell them it’s hard AFTER

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5 Ways To...

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DRY

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Don’t Repeat Yourself

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DRY

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Having no adornment

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Impersonal

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Dull

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Without Butter

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You Are Here

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Repeat Yourself Enough

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RYE!

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Repeat Yourself for Emphasis

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Repeat Yourself to Provide Context

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Don’t sound like the IRS

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Refer to Section 9.7 before proceeding...

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Remember, we saw in Section 9.7, the red wire is connected directly to the detonator...

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One small joke

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One small joke Decades

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Mix In Some Humor

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Are You Funny?

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Sort of Funny?

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Don’t Let the Joke Get in the Way

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Don’t Let the Joke Get in the Way Subtle is Better

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Don’t Let the Joke Get in the Way Subtle is Better Don’t Explain

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Not Funny?

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Mix In Some Humor

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Mix In Some Humor

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Show Up

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Eloquent Explanations [email protected] @russolsen thinkrelevance.com

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