[Theforum] evoltspotting

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Wed Apr 10 00:17:09 CDT 2002


> From: "isaac" <isaac at members.evolt.org>
>
> > > what do you think, are we too "deep in the code trenches"?

many here think we are... no design threads, after all...  sorta self-
perpetuating, really...  no design threads equates to tech-heavy days, equates
to less comfort for designers, equates to less design threads...

> > Oh, we are sooooo "deep in the code trenches."  Maybe that's why -I-
> > skim thelist mail too.
>
> +1 and +1 (although I delete probably 98% of posts without even
> +skimming them).

i'm an information whore (among many other kinds)... i read as much as i can,
and oddly enough, the first time i sat down in front of a PHP script to hack
away at it, i could do it -- untrained -- just from the smattering of knowledge i
picked up from thelist, as if by osmosis (but not really, since osmosis is
water only)...  my first ever SQL query not only worked on the first try, but
earned a little respect from my db monkeys, thanks to listening to people like
rudy espouse the virtues of clean queries... and it was written from meta-
memory, thanks to just being on thelist...

IOW, i've learned so much from reading posts that i would otherwise delete,
that i'm now afraid to delete posts...

i can quit any time...

really...

i can...

you gonna read that?




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