Keeping It Simple™
Hello!
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I'm Mina.
I'm the CTO and Lead Instructor at Bitmaker
I'm Mina.
I've been teaching web development for the past 2+ years.
I'm Mina.
I started programming for the web 15 years ago.
I'm Mina.
I studied Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo.
I'm Mina.
Since then I've worked on many web projects, big and small.
I'm Mina.
I'm really passionate about technology and the web (and movies!).
The Ballmer Peak alone won't save you!
Hackathons are intense!
Source: https://xkcd.com/323/
A Typical Process
User Stories
As a user ...
I want ...
So that ...
Who are your users?
What do they need to do?
What are they trying to accomplish?
Prioritize
Need to have
Nice to have
Happy to have
Make Simplifying Assumptions
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein
Constraints are your friends
Two heads are better than one
your feedback loop
Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.
Paul Rand
Thanks!
You can find me on the web in these places
mina@bitmaker.co
@fightingtheboss
fightingtheboss.com