Chris's Wiki :: blog/tech/SocialProblemsAndTechnicalDecisions Commentshttps://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/SocialProblemsAndTechnicalDecisions?atomcommentsDWiki2016-04-27T04:42:41ZRecent comments in Chris's Wiki :: blog/tech/SocialProblemsAndTechnicalDecisions.By guaq on /blog/tech/SocialProblemsAndTechnicalDecisionstag:CSpace:blog/tech/SocialProblemsAndTechnicalDecisions:98cfa391fb61cbb9b3d4a7935e216f34a2ff9ef7guaqhttp://twitter.com/guaq<div class="wikitext"><p>Another take on the social vs technical is that sometimes there is a technical solution, which can completely remove a social problem because it frees people from having to do something at all. I have no good examples of this, though...</p>
<p>Wholeheartedly agree on the "social aspects have to be taken into account" in software design. Especially with regards to enabling things. For example URLs are not very well understood by people - it's hard to get through the message that if you can retain state in URLs, it enables for unexpected (social and technical) interactions way beyond the scrum backlog kind of stuff.</p>
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