-Ofun: Optimizing for Fun

‐Ofun ☺ Audrey Tang  1

Dinner, Oct 30 3

Lunch, Oct 31 4

Chef Alex, Food Hacker 5

Chef Alex, Food Hacker Potato Cheese 5

Chef Alex, Food Hacker Potato Cheese Chocolate Steak 5

Chef Alex, Food Hacker Potato Cheese Chocolate Steak Wasabi Ice Cream!? 5

Did not go to... 6

 ☹ Fast Food ☹ 7

 ☹ Fast Food ☹ Heavy packaging 7

 ☹ Fast Food ☹ Heavy packaging Heavy marketing 7

 ☹ Fast Food ☹ Heavy packaging Heavy marketing Zero interaction 7

☺ Cooking ☺ 8

☺ Cooking ☺ More Healthy  8

☺ Cooking ☺ More Healthy  More Personal 8

☺ Cooking ☺ More Healthy  More Personal More Fun 8

☹ Packaged Food ☹ 9

☹ Packaged Food ☹ Black box 9

☹ Packaged Food ☹ Black box Secret ingredients 9

☹ Packaged Food ☹ Black box Secret ingredients Everything is packaged... 9

...even the Internet! 10

McInternet 11

MS Internet 12

☹ Proprietary Code ☹ 13

☹ Proprietary Code ☹ Heavy packaging 13

☹ Proprietary Code ☹ Heavy packaging Heavy marketing 13

☹ Proprietary Code ☹ Heavy packaging Heavy marketing Zero interaction 13

☺ Free Software ☺ 14

☺ Free Software ☺ More Healthy  14

☺ Free Software ☺ More Healthy  More Personal 14

☺ Free Software ☺ More Healthy  More Personal More Fun! 14

Two Kinds of Fun 15

Two Kinds of Fun Users 15

Two Kinds of Fun Users Hackers 15

Users 17

Users People who express ideas 17

Users People who express ideas Artists, not Gimp users 17

Users People who express ideas Artists, not Gimp users Writers, not AbiWord users 17

Why Fun? 18

Why Fun? Brain’s natural filter 18

Why Fun? Brain’s natural filter Only Fun gets through 18

Why Fun? Brain’s natural filter Only Fun gets through Love! Hate! (not apathy.) 18

Fear Not 19

Fear Not Fear is the mind‐killer 19

Fear Not Fear is the mind‐killer Warm reception matters 19

Fear Not Fear is the mind‐killer Warm reception matters Tear down the walls! 19

Anticipation 20

Anticipation “What’s next?” 20

Anticipation “What’s next?” Always have a Roadmap 20

Anticipation “What’s next?” Always have a Roadmap Each week brings good news 20

Fine Taste 21

Fine Taste Wine = (Red | White)? 21

Fine Taste Wine = (Red | White)? Invent vocabularies 21

Fine Taste Wine = (Red | White)? Invent vocabularies Highlight the details 21

Making a Difference 22

Making a Difference Feedback is personal 22

Making a Difference Feedback is personal No opinion is too trivial 22

Making a Difference Feedback is personal No opinion is too trivial Never say “RTFM”! 22

Community 23

Community Discover shared feelings 23

Community Discover shared feelings Form a ladder of skills 23

Community Discover shared feelings Form a ladder of skills Helping each other = Fun! 23

Hackers  25

Hackers  Make our own tools 25

Hackers  Make our own tools Love to solve puzzles 25

Hackers  Make our own tools Love to solve puzzles Bored with solved puzzles 25

Mass of Fun Arrow length 14400+ commits 240+ committers Time 26

Distributed Versioning 27

Distributed Versioning SVK, Darcs, Git... 27

Distributed Versioning SVK, Darcs, Git... Merges must flow freely  27

Distributed Versioning SVK, Darcs, Git... Merges must flow freely  Offline hacking is fun again! 27

Commit Bits 28

Commit Bits Patches are boring 28

Commit Bits Patches are boring Commits are fun 28

Commit Bits Patches are boring Commits are fun Preemptive sharing! 28

Test is Everything 29

Test is Everything Test = Bug reports 29

Test is Everything Test = Bug reports Test = TODO lists 29

Test is Everything Test = Bug reports Test = TODO lists Test = Specification 29

Embrace Anarchy 30

Embrace Anarchy Small teams, many teams 30

Embrace Anarchy Small teams, many teams Forgiveness > Permission 30

Embrace Anarchy Small teams, many teams Forgiveness > Permission Remove deadlocks! 30

Hive Mind 31

Hive Mind Stay on IRC at all times 31

Hive Mind Stay on IRC at all times Seek ideas, not consensus 31

Hive Mind Stay on IRC at all times Seek ideas, not consensus Turn trolls into committers 31

Show me the Code 32

Show me the Code Sketch ideas with code 32

Show me the Code Sketch ideas with code Private code = Dead code 32

Show me the Code Sketch ideas with code Private code = Dead code “url?” 32

Obrigada! ☺ 34

http://www.slideshare.net	641
http://www.tikshuv.org.il	11
https://si0.twimg.com	11
http://borax.socialtext.net:22021	7
http://lucite.socialtext.net:22021	4
http://a0.twimg.com	3
http://translate.googleusercontent.com	2
http://rebeccalwilliamson.livingwellinsanmateo.com	1
https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net	1

-Ofun: Optimizing for Fun

by 唐鳳 on Aug 02, 2010

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