On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 9:11 AM, <littlewmfb...@yandex.com> wrote: > Oh what a day! Which began when perforce > a visitor from afar began to exhort > us to look far afield, to travel and visit > learn brand new things, uncover, elicit > stories of users far from our homes! > And so we set out, bravely to roam: > perhaps ten full blocks! We found creatures strange! > They all spoke English! The stories exchanged > recalled those of family: Mom, Dad, and friends -- > it's true, then, we _are_ all the same in the end! > > Such relief not to grapple > with projects baroque, > languages strange, or > features "they" wrote. > In tune with this sentiment > let's celebrate dominance! > Hush the less pertinent -- > let's not mention "those" continents. > > "Hurray," we all cheer: "Our wiki is strong!" > Our projects are weak, but shush, sing along: > our rivals are fierce, but yet we prevailed; > it must be because our PHP scaled! > Ignore those naysayers who laugh at our UX > And claims by our editors that it obstructs: > separate pages for talk, no friends and no chat -- > no Serious Software has all of that! > > Well, enough -- we're not free > to change even fonts > without acres of missives > to agony aunts: > let's move next to strategy, > where with speeches prolonged > new hires will tell us > what we got wrong. > > Three commands we were given: > the first, to be punctual. > By fiat we've banished > the correct but eventual; > from now on our code > is timely _and_ functional. > Our prior disasters are > vanished by ritual. > > The second was novel: > exhorted to innovate! > Our change-fearing userbase > I'm sure will reciprocate. > Perhaps we can grow > new crops of good editors. > New users, new processes, > throw off our fetters. > Perhaps we need spaces > where we can be bold -- > it's hard else to see > how to do what we're told. > > The last was to integrate, > engage with community; > never mind our tall silos > and product disunity: > we can have orphaned features > conflicted teams, clashing visions -- > "What's key is to synergize!" > says our stratcom tactician. > Community discourse > will fix all that ails us: > except for those times > when instead they've assailed us. > > Lift a glass to the mission! > We'll muddle through fine. > We all love each other, > but this day's been a grind. >
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