(Software) Architecture

(Software) Architecture: "The art of drawing lines, with the interesting rule that once you've drawn the lines all dependencies that cross that line go in the same direction" -- Robert C. Martin

The main thing

I was having a long walk/talk with a friend today when this came up:

“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” ~Stephen R. Covey

We first agreed that our major problem is that we don't keep the main thing the main thing.. Later we agree that may be the problem is that: we are not sure what our "main things" really are?

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ليت الكلاب لنا كانت مجـاورة               وليتنا لا نرى مما نـرى أحـدا
إن الكلاب لتهتدي في مواطنهـا             والخلق ليس بهاد شرهـم أبـدا
فاهرب بنفسك واستأنس بوحدتها           تبقى سعيداً إذا ما كنت منفـرداً

الإمام الشافعي

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“Procrastination is my sin. It brings me naught but sorrow. I know that I should stop it. In fact, I will – tomorrow!” – Gloria Pitzer

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Such controversial feelings (of hope & despair, pride & disappointment) when people think of you better, yet you know they probably shouldn't!!

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“So many times, it happens too fast:
You trade your passion for glory.
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past,
You must fight just to keep them alive;
It's the eye of the tiger,
it's the thrill of the fight,
Rising up to the challenge of our rival,
And the last known survivor,
stalks his prey in the night,
And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger..” – Survivor, “Eye Of The Tiger”

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"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see." --John Burroughs

Let alone: All the videos (& movies) I wanna watch, all the chats I want to have, all the events I wanna attend, all the phone-calls I wanna make, all the articles/blogs/tweets I want to read, all the posts I wanna blog, all the new technology(ies) I wanna give a try and all the email messages I want to check :D

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"The more connections I make, the further I can reach across the world finding inspiration in every person that I meet" --Matt Pyke

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"Facebook seems to be more about building glass houses than it is about inviting friends over for dinner." --@sethsimonds, "Why I Cancelled My Facebook Account"

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This time I'm writing a couple of tweets I found interesting during & after Egypt-Algeria (2-0) match:

• A New Chronicle The Game Night http://bit.ly/3fOBfx --Zeinobia
• Algerian bravery can be seen through the algerian guy playing with a medical band on his head. Respect... --Reemba (جزائرية)
• راكب المترو وقاعد لوحدي في العربية كلها... قشطة --Ahmed_ali
• Montenegro-Israel 1:0 - wonderful! --Ruslantrad
• اذا وداعا كأس العالم --Salem309 (شكله كان فقد الامل خلاص)
• The bombs which set fire to Egypt fans should be lit at the house of Mubarak --Ruslantrad
• I don't think any of you guys had ever tweeted so much in 90 minutes. --MissKhasawneh
• الاحتفالات وصلت الرياض بيب بيب بيب هيا الجالية بتحتفل فين عشان نروح :D --HaNaDy
• جمال الثورة والسادات أكتوبر وأبويا أول طلعة جوية وانا حضرت ماتش الجزائر --PresidentGamal
• a strange thought. I haven't seen anyone from the muslim brotherhood in those celebration protests with real eg lovers. wondering why? -- remon_z (بيصطاد في المية العكرة)

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"I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are.

It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened?

But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why.

But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't.

They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for."

-- Sam, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

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"Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!!" --Otis A. Glazebrook

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"In terms of our moral & spiritual growth, we are -too often- like persons who decide that they are gonna go & get physically fit by going out & running 20 KM marathon" --Jeffrey Lang

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"Professionals see themselves as part of a community of like-minded individuals who put their professional standards above their individual self-interest or their employer’s self-interest." –Steve McConnell, Leonard Tripp

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"If I had more time I'd write a shorter letter." — Mark Twain

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“The intention of Scrum is to make [dysfunctions] transparent so the organization can fix them. Unfortunately, many organizations change Scrum to accommodate the inadequacies or dysfunctions instead of solving them.” --Ken Schwaber

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"Some men see things as they are and say why - I dream things that never were and say why not." -- George Bernard Shaw

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“Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.” -- Mark Twain

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"I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists. I tell them that I was also a terrorist yesterday, but, today, I am admired by the very people who said I was one." --Nelson Mandela

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لو كان شخصية في قصة لاتهمنا المؤلف بالفشل، لكن ‎الواقع لا يتصرف بطريقة القصص، و هناك ‎ألغاز كثيرة بحق.. هناك شاعر هام حبا بمطربة رقيقة، ثم كرهها كالجحيم عندما رآها في شم النسيم تأكل الفسيخ! هل هذا دافع كاف مبرر؟.. في عالم الأدب: لا.. لكن في الواقع نقبل كل شيء لأنه واقع..

لي صديق رسام يهوى أن يلتقط صورا رقمية للناس و يفحصها بعناية كان يريني واضعا ‎غريبا لفتاه جالسة، أو رجل وقف و قد ثنى ركبته، فيقول لي: "فقط الحياة تجرؤ على أن تضع الأجسام في أوضاع ‎غريبة كهذه بينما لو رسمها رسام لاتهموه بقلة الموهبة و عدم فهم التشريح.."

-- احمد خالد توفيق، سيد الجينات