Comments on: Musing about Agile error messages http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/10/18/musing-about-agile-error-messages/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Confused Of Calcutta » Blog Archive » Opensource makes you Responsible http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/10/18/musing-about-agile-error-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-12563 Confused Of Calcutta » Blog Archive » Opensource makes you Responsible Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:20:37 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/10/18/musing-about-agile-error-messages/#comment-12563 [...] There’s a strange kernel to this post. Recently I posted something about Agile error messages, and Kevin Marks, while talking to me about it, took me on a tangential journey to a post at chuqui 3.0, headlined Why Do Businesses Shy Away From Open Source? [If you have the time, take a wander round Chuqui. Chuq van Rospach seems an interesting guy; and any blog with a tagline saying “And I’ll keep reinventing myself until I get it right” has got to be worth a read. Thanks for the heads-up, Kevin]. [...] [...] There’s a strange kernel to this post. Recently I posted something about Agile error messages, and Kevin Marks, while talking to me about it, took me on a tangential journey to a post at chuqui 3.0, headlined Why Do Businesses Shy Away From Open Source? [If you have the time, take a wander round Chuqui. Chuq van Rospach seems an interesting guy; and any blog with a tagline saying “And I’ll keep reinventing myself until I get it right” has got to be worth a read. Thanks for the heads-up, Kevin]. [...]

]]> By: rama http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/10/18/musing-about-agile-error-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-12335 rama Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:16:21 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/10/18/musing-about-agile-error-messages/#comment-12335 Hullo again JP. I thought you might have a refreshing and insightful take on the finding from the Stanford University School of Medicine's study that "the USA could be rife with Internet addicts as clinically ill as alcoholics". See: http://thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=3&theme=&usrsess=1&id=133525 I thought you might also be interested to read: http://thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=4&theme=&usrsess=1&id=133529 Best, chutki Hullo again JP. I thought you might have a refreshing and insightful take on the finding from the Stanford University School of Medicine’s study that “the USA could be rife with Internet addicts as clinically ill as alcoholics”. See:

http://thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=3&theme=&usrsess=1&id=133525

I thought you might also be interested to read:

http://thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=4&theme=&usrsess=1&id=133529

Best, chutki

]]> By: PaulSweeney http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/10/18/musing-about-agile-error-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-12330 PaulSweeney Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:06:43 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/10/18/musing-about-agile-error-messages/#comment-12330 When we were releasing our service (Interactive Voice Notification) to our beta customers I can hon estly say that the number one cause of "annoyance" was when an error message wasn't "specific". For instance if a call could not be delivered, don't just say "call could not be delivered!". Customers wanted "the number specified was called but the person did not pick up the phone!" A simplistic example perhaps, but even for simple services such as our own, the need to get pretty specific with error and exception handling reporting was a big take away. When we were releasing our service (Interactive Voice Notification) to our beta customers I can hon estly say that the number one cause of “annoyance” was when an error message wasn’t “specific”. For instance if a call could not be delivered, don’t just say “call could not be delivered!”. Customers wanted “the number specified was called but the person did not pick up the phone!” A simplistic example perhaps, but even for simple services such as our own, the need to get pretty specific with error and exception handling reporting was a big take away.

]]> By: rama http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/10/18/musing-about-agile-error-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-12317 rama Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:43:45 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/10/18/musing-about-agile-error-messages/#comment-12317 Hi JP. Funny post! I been ping-ing technorati for the last 6 weeks, with no updating happening. I wrote to them repeatedly, with no substantive response. Now I understand! Best, chutki Hi JP. Funny post! I been ping-ing technorati for the last 6 weeks, with no updating happening. I wrote to them repeatedly, with no substantive response. Now I understand! Best, chutki

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