Showing posts with label whiteboarding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label whiteboarding. Show all posts

Oct 17, 2013

Software Developers should do Whiteboarding

If you're wondering why I put up a whiteboard in my workstation, it's because when dealing with computers, sometimes you can no longer paint the whole picture of what you're really trying to achieve. Probably that's the very reason why we have the sayings
"The palest ink is better than the sharpest memory."
and
"A picture paints a thousand words."
Even movies about the huge technology companies depict the use of whiteboarding. Below are the companies and the respective movies that pointed out the importance of whiteboarding.
  1. Microsoft - Pirates of Silicon Valley
    Bill Gates writing on whiteboard

    Courtesy of Turner Network Television
    Screenshot from the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley
  2. Apple Computer - Jobs
    Steve Jobs planning with the use of whiteboard

    Courtesy of Open Road Films
    Screenshot from the movie Jobs
  3. Facebook - The Social Network
    Eduardo Saverin & Mark Zuckerberg working on a ranking formula

    Coutesy of Columbia Pictures
    Screenshot from the movie The Social Network
  4. Google - The Internship
    Interns at Google using glasses as whiteboards

    Courtesy of 20th Century Fox
    Screenshot from the movie The Internship
So, if you usually forget some of the details about your task, I think it would be great if you can paint it somewhere to visualize what you're trying to achieve.