Blog Tagged - Ok, we get it already
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The practice of being "tagged" in your blog and telling 5 secrets about yourself should go the way of disco. Ok, it may have been interesting for the first day or so, but now it's getting old. Nobody really cares that you have a plant named Sara that you talk to daily. We subscribe to the rss feed to engage in conversations about coding, etc., not your plant. If we cared about that, I'd go to botanist rss feeds. We get it. Enough already.
I am more irritated by all the old codgers complaining about the 5 things meme. Just ignore it if you don't like it already.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
I don't see it happening, at least not until it becomes pointless.
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The practice of being "tagged" in your blog and telling 5 secrets about yourself should go the way of disco. Ok, it may have been interesting for the first day or so, but now it's getting old. Nobody really cares that you have a plant named Sara that you talk to daily. We subscribe to the rss feed to engage in conversations about coding, etc., not your plant. If we cared about that, I'd go to botanist rss feeds. We get it. Enough already.
Seems pretty harmless to me. Why wouldn't you want to know a few tidbits about an author you get a feed from?
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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I am more irritated by all the old codgers complaining about the 5 things meme. Just ignore it if you don't like it already.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
I don't see it happening, at least not until it becomes pointless.
Paul Watson wrote:
old codgers
I find these ageist slurs to be highly disturbing, you young pup. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
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Paul Watson wrote:
old codgers
I find these ageist slurs to be highly disturbing, you young pup. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Christopher Duncan wrote:
I find these ageist slurs to be highly disturbing, you young pup.
We should further discuss this when we do the Atlanta Region CPian dinner meeting. All these sub-29ers need to be taught to respect us elders. :)
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
I find these ageist slurs to be highly disturbing, you young pup.
We should further discuss this when we do the Atlanta Region CPian dinner meeting. All these sub-29ers need to be taught to respect us elders. :)
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)Yeah. What Nish said! :)
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
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Paul Watson wrote:
old codgers
I find these ageist slurs to be highly disturbing, you young pup. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
You can be 16 and be an old codger. It is a state of mind. Surely you aren't saying you are an old codger?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
I don't see it happening, at least not until it becomes pointless.
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You can be 16 and be an old codger. It is a state of mind. Surely you aren't saying you are an old codger?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
I don't see it happening, at least not until it becomes pointless.
:laugh: Nice comeback. In the immortal words of Daffy Duck, "Parry. Thrust!!!" :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
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:laugh: Nice comeback. In the immortal words of Daffy Duck, "Parry. Thrust!!!" :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
I now get to clean partially-masticated swiss-cheese-on-rye sandwich from my monitor, thanks to your Daffy Duck reference :-O :rolleyes: :laugh:.
Software Zen:
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:laugh: Nice comeback. In the immortal words of Daffy Duck, "Parry. Thrust!!!" :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
:laugh: Zoiks!...and away. *splat!*
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven Wright -
Seems pretty harmless to me. Why wouldn't you want to know a few tidbits about an author you get a feed from?
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven Wrightyuk.... it's all a matter of taste I guess. There is huge industry in publishing tidbits about celebrities so why not popular bloggers: "B(log)TV", "Lifestyles of the worn-out keyboarders", "Chris Sells linqed with Aguilera". Part of the art of blogging is self-promotion so it's all just a matter of time. It reflects on the ego of the blogger and the demand (and patience) of the blogsumer.
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Seems pretty harmless to me. Why wouldn't you want to know a few tidbits about an author you get a feed from?
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven Wright -
If the authors want to post their poersonal info, I'm all for it. My gripe is with the "guise" of "Oh, I've been tagged by ...". If the blogger wants to post it, they probably would have done so already, and not waited to get "tagged".
I don't know, it's just one of those stupid little trends that some people have fun with and others get annoyed by. Life's too short to hang out in the second crowd. ;)
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven Wright