[thelist] rating techies ability

Jacob Stetser icongarden at icongarden.com
Tue Oct 3 20:46:12 CDT 2000


[[Writing this on Mac OS X! Woohoo!]

A few issues with this list... until a month or two ago, I wouldn't have known fuckedcompany.com and I don't really care about it. I'm not offended by it; it's an interesting idea, but it just doesn't appeal to me, and I don't see how it affects my ability to produce and maintain online entities.

theregister.co.uk: I like this site, but it's just tech news
theonion.com: parody? I don't get it :)
fastcompany.com: I'd much rather talk to the person and see how well they understand the industry than see what they're subscribed to. However, if they're well read, it wil show.
ntk.net: Who?
cnet.com: bla, news.
etc... 
w3.org: yes, good thing to know
php4.org: why not php.net?

books - looks ok, who is Ben Forta?

Software: it's not the software they use but how they use it ;) You don't mention any Mac software. What is LinkBot? 

And the rest...

I guess my point is that this list of positive indicators is kinda spotty, and misses a lot. I've found a good heart to heart with a person backed up with a demonstration of their abilities (at the very least, some reference sites) is the best indicator of what they can do.

Last, but not least, a person can have a lot of this stuff and still have no clue if they didn't actually USE some of it.

Jake Stetser
icongarden.com


On Tuesday, October 3, 2000, at 07:25 PM, Nick Koleszar wrote:

It occurred to me that we can probably get a reasonable idea of an
individual's ultimate ability to produce and maintain online "entities"
(combination of client- and server-side code/applications and new/old
economy business sense) by knowing what tools/resources they use or can
atleast demonstrate an understanding of.

I nominate the following as being positive indicators (in no particular
order):

web:
theregister.co.uk
fuckedcompany.com
theonion.com
fastcompany.com
ntk.net
cnet.com
irt.org
localhost
thestandard.com
w3.org
google.com
php4.org
davecentral.com
zdnet.com
internet.com

books:
anything O'Reilly (anyone who has the complete library in their bathroom
probably has a big bathroom and is kewl)
most Danny Goodman stuff
almost any Linux book
Ben Forta

software:
notepad (but of course)
Homesite
vi
Linkbot
TopStyle
CSE Validator Pro
Linx

other:
eVolt mailing list
ntk mailing list
windows command shell
ping
traceroute
fake http headers in telnet session
command line ftp
SQL

anyone who has a dusty old copy of their own printout of HTML 1.0 spec!

Any other ideas?





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