| | | Ward Cunningham contributes to software designs and design methods through his consulting practice, Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc. Previously he has served as a principal in the IBM Consulting Group, as Director of R&D at Wyatt Software and a Consulting Scientist at Knowledge Systems Corp. Ward has conducted research in software development, computer aided design and man-machine interfaces as a Principal Engineer in the Tektronix Computer Research Laboratory. He is a founder of the Hillside Group and first program chair of the Pattern Languages of Programs conference, which it sponsors. Ward created the CRC method, the Checks and Episodes pattern languages, and the Wiki collaborative environment. Ward has written for PLoP, JOOP and OOPSLA on Patterns, Objects, CRC and related topics.
Respect
We owe Ward an enormous amount as inspirational inventor and genial host of the Wiki Wiki Web. Even before the casualties of 2000 he experienced considerable Pain, Relief, Regret for his efforts. Respect.
Reshaping
Ward after another evening of refactoring.
Gah! Say, what do you think of the notion of moving wiki's Eastern Philosophy pages to Why as well? -- Pete
[Ward counseled caution in Is This Clublet Christian v19, then answered "fine by me" to a later question by email. Sadly for Peter Merel, who bothered to do the hard work after nobody had objected, it turned out not to be fine by one of two others, after the event. Category Eastern Thought and its citations - click on title of any page to see its citations, just as on Wiki - tell the story.]
Sincere alliteration
We wish Ward well in his new work.
Details of a most significant Portland to Seattle transfer here.
Slice of Why History
Although undoubtedly of variable quality and durability of interest, the pages and writers in linked=WardCunningham (accessed through the  alongside Ward's name above) give a unique view of the first four years of Why.
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