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When a manager asks for hard data, that's usually just his way of saying no.

— Ward Cunningham Geek Noise (2004)

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Putting a new feature into a program is important, but refactoring so new features can be added in the future is equally important.

Crucible of Creativity (2005)

I don't claim to be a methodologist, but I act like one only because I do methodology to protect myself from crazy methodologists.

Geek Noise (2004)

In creating wiki, I wanted to stroke that story-telling nature in all of us.

A Conversation with Ward Cunningham (2003)

Why have a locked wiki when you can instead just post static Web pages?

Simplicity is the shortest path to a solution.

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