Why do <i>you</i> post articles here?
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Why do you take the time and expend the effort into putting together an article here? What does it get you? -- My reasons. disclaimer: i intend no offense to anyone who writes articles for different reasons that mine. i realize we all have our own motivations Writing CP articles is a chance to show off something that i've done that makes me go "Wow!". And hopefully, it will be something to evoke the same reaction in others. As I see it, an article is only worth posting if it has a very high cool factor - it has to be something i've never seen before or at least demonstrates something in a very different way. I don't think I'll ever post a bitmap button or a registry class; there are too many already (both good and otherwise). But, there aren't many Netscape preferences dialogs command line parsers or in-line scripting languages, etc. out there. Not coincidentally, these are the same criteria I look for when rating an article. Functionality is fine - it can save you a lot of typing to find a class that does exactly what you need, that moment. But to me using those classes is just leaching off the work of others: I do it, but 90% of the time i'm here is to find interesting things, not to solve some boring problem at work. The fun is on the edges - different, unique ideas, possibly not even useful, that can inspire me to do something different myself. These are the kinds of articles I love to find and the kind I try to write. (if i succeed or not is an entirely separate issue :) ) -c ------------------------------ Smaller Animals Software, Inc. http://www.smalleranimals.com
I have only posted three articles. I posted them hoping others with more knowledge than I would read them, and help me improve them, and that I could learn from them. I also hope that others would find my articles somewhat useful. --- Better to be silent and thought the fool, than to open your mouth and prove it!
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Damn - you insulted gays and I missed it ? Christian As I learn the innermost secrets of the around me, they reward me in many ways to keep quiet. Men with pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought Jewellery.
Possibly not this time at least not in the Lounge but I am sure I have done it recently somewhere. Feminists, handicapped, short people, ugly people, everyone seems to have a problem with me or something I have said even if they haven't met me. Recently my boss was refused service at the bar during a work function, his boss made racist comments while introducing our Singapore staff. Yet is was me who ended up with an entry on my HR file cause I got a bit pissed on Fathers Day at an Irish pub and didn't feel upto catching the train into work the next day. I worked from home and completed my tasks, he had a problem with me announcing it to all Aussie staff via email. I mean really, in my last couple of jobs if you didn't go out luch times (Friday especially) and get pissed and take the afternoon off you were a fucking nancy boy. I just attract attention, it is a natural trait as my 4 year old son draws the same attention without trying no matter where he is. Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
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Why do you take the time and expend the effort into putting together an article here? What does it get you? -- My reasons. disclaimer: i intend no offense to anyone who writes articles for different reasons that mine. i realize we all have our own motivations Writing CP articles is a chance to show off something that i've done that makes me go "Wow!". And hopefully, it will be something to evoke the same reaction in others. As I see it, an article is only worth posting if it has a very high cool factor - it has to be something i've never seen before or at least demonstrates something in a very different way. I don't think I'll ever post a bitmap button or a registry class; there are too many already (both good and otherwise). But, there aren't many Netscape preferences dialogs command line parsers or in-line scripting languages, etc. out there. Not coincidentally, these are the same criteria I look for when rating an article. Functionality is fine - it can save you a lot of typing to find a class that does exactly what you need, that moment. But to me using those classes is just leaching off the work of others: I do it, but 90% of the time i'm here is to find interesting things, not to solve some boring problem at work. The fun is on the edges - different, unique ideas, possibly not even useful, that can inspire me to do something different myself. These are the kinds of articles I love to find and the kind I try to write. (if i succeed or not is an entirely separate issue :) ) -c ------------------------------ Smaller Animals Software, Inc. http://www.smalleranimals.com
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Why do you take the time and expend the effort into putting together an article here? What does it get you? -- My reasons. disclaimer: i intend no offense to anyone who writes articles for different reasons that mine. i realize we all have our own motivations Writing CP articles is a chance to show off something that i've done that makes me go "Wow!". And hopefully, it will be something to evoke the same reaction in others. As I see it, an article is only worth posting if it has a very high cool factor - it has to be something i've never seen before or at least demonstrates something in a very different way. I don't think I'll ever post a bitmap button or a registry class; there are too many already (both good and otherwise). But, there aren't many Netscape preferences dialogs command line parsers or in-line scripting languages, etc. out there. Not coincidentally, these are the same criteria I look for when rating an article. Functionality is fine - it can save you a lot of typing to find a class that does exactly what you need, that moment. But to me using those classes is just leaching off the work of others: I do it, but 90% of the time i'm here is to find interesting things, not to solve some boring problem at work. The fun is on the edges - different, unique ideas, possibly not even useful, that can inspire me to do something different myself. These are the kinds of articles I love to find and the kind I try to write. (if i succeed or not is an entirely separate issue :) ) -c ------------------------------ Smaller Animals Software, Inc. http://www.smalleranimals.com
Last time I did a search for my name on Google, and one of the first entries was a link to an article I wrote at CP. This is can be really helpful if, for example, you are applying for a job and your potential employer searches your name on the net. If he finds a link to an article you've written it will definately score you more points. I'm not saying that we should post articles just to score points for future jobs, but it is definately an added bonus. (2b || !2b)
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Why do you take the time and expend the effort into putting together an article here? What does it get you? -- My reasons. disclaimer: i intend no offense to anyone who writes articles for different reasons that mine. i realize we all have our own motivations Writing CP articles is a chance to show off something that i've done that makes me go "Wow!". And hopefully, it will be something to evoke the same reaction in others. As I see it, an article is only worth posting if it has a very high cool factor - it has to be something i've never seen before or at least demonstrates something in a very different way. I don't think I'll ever post a bitmap button or a registry class; there are too many already (both good and otherwise). But, there aren't many Netscape preferences dialogs command line parsers or in-line scripting languages, etc. out there. Not coincidentally, these are the same criteria I look for when rating an article. Functionality is fine - it can save you a lot of typing to find a class that does exactly what you need, that moment. But to me using those classes is just leaching off the work of others: I do it, but 90% of the time i'm here is to find interesting things, not to solve some boring problem at work. The fun is on the edges - different, unique ideas, possibly not even useful, that can inspire me to do something different myself. These are the kinds of articles I love to find and the kind I try to write. (if i succeed or not is an entirely separate issue :) ) -c ------------------------------ Smaller Animals Software, Inc. http://www.smalleranimals.com
I post mostly to help out other people, "giving something back to the community". I've used CP loads of time to help me out, so I'd like to help someone else out. If we don't do this then there would never be the help you need (it's the same reason I give blood as regularly as I medically can). The other reason is ego related. I want to know what everyone else thinks of my coding skillz!:cool: I get really narked if an article gets a low rating :(( Derek Lakin. Salamander Software Ltd.
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For me it's like wanting to show a bunch of friends something cool you've just learned. Maybe an article I write will be brain-dead simple, or maybe it will be something so esoteric that no one will ever use it, but to me programming can be like doing a jigsaw puzzle in knee deep grass. The trick isn't only putting the pieces together, it's finding those pieces in the first place. If everyone holds up the pieces they have found then maybe someone in the next field may have the corresponding piece you are looking for. cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
..."If everyone holds up the pieces they have found then maybe someone in the next field may have the corresponding piece you are looking for"... While this is the spirit and driving force of CP (and other similar sites) it seems as though Big Business has not grasped it. BB state that that kind of thinking is not economically viable i.e. you can't make money out of that. I say: what utter twaddle! Developers should be pumping out those puzzle pieces. Components and bits that can fit together to form a whole. BB should then be tasking their analysts to taking those pieces and fitting them together, offering consumers whole solutions. Should the solution be missing a bit then the analyst just grabs a component and sticks it onto the solution, or replaces one. It is not new thinking by a long stretch but to me it seems as though .NET (or actually web-services in general) is finally taking the idea up to the business level and making it a viable proposal that BB understands. Frankly I am sick of re-writing my JavaScript field validation code every time we do a website which does something a bit different (or for that matter having three versions of my HTML code to handle all the browsers). I like standards because it let us analysts focus on what really matters: offering a workable solution (customers care less if the COM component can't talk to the proprietary legacy system, they just want to go home earlier with less worries and all their work done). I really cant stand niggly little "thingies" which don't work or frustrate our efforts. heh, ok, rant over... back to being flippant and "stick poker extraordinaire" :-D ..."but to me programming can be like doing a jigsaw puzzle in knee deep grass"... You mean that once I get to the last piece I find out that a wild sheep (cows and sheep, evil, evil creatures) has mistaken it for a new breakfast cereal and swallowed it (or twice, or how ever many times sheep regurgitate their fodder) ? :-D Crumbs I am moving away from the savanah then. regards, Paul Watson Cape Town, South Africa e: paulmwatson@email.com w: vergen.org
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Last time I did a search for my name on Google, and one of the first entries was a link to an article I wrote at CP. This is can be really helpful if, for example, you are applying for a job and your potential employer searches your name on the net. If he finds a link to an article you've written it will definately score you more points. I'm not saying that we should post articles just to score points for future jobs, but it is definately an added bonus. (2b || !2b)
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Possibly not this time at least not in the Lounge but I am sure I have done it recently somewhere. Feminists, handicapped, short people, ugly people, everyone seems to have a problem with me or something I have said even if they haven't met me. Recently my boss was refused service at the bar during a work function, his boss made racist comments while introducing our Singapore staff. Yet is was me who ended up with an entry on my HR file cause I got a bit pissed on Fathers Day at an Irish pub and didn't feel upto catching the train into work the next day. I worked from home and completed my tasks, he had a problem with me announcing it to all Aussie staff via email. I mean really, in my last couple of jobs if you didn't go out luch times (Friday especially) and get pissed and take the afternoon off you were a fucking nancy boy. I just attract attention, it is a natural trait as my 4 year old son draws the same attention without trying no matter where he is. Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
...""Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone"... I think that says it all Michael. Short sighted bosses love ass kissers and sheep (as in people who just follow, not as in white, fleecy, four legged highly dangerous wool makers). Therefore people who think for themselves, be themselves and dont' conform just to conform "cause trouble" and have a rough (but more meaningful) ride. Soon as something goes belly up that boss will look at the guy who does not agree with everything he says and figure out a way to pin the tail on him for the screw up. I say don't curb your sons natural traits (I am sure you don't though). regards, Paul Watson Cape Town, South Africa e: paulmwatson@email.com w: vergen.org
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Why do you take the time and expend the effort into putting together an article here? What does it get you? -- My reasons. disclaimer: i intend no offense to anyone who writes articles for different reasons that mine. i realize we all have our own motivations Writing CP articles is a chance to show off something that i've done that makes me go "Wow!". And hopefully, it will be something to evoke the same reaction in others. As I see it, an article is only worth posting if it has a very high cool factor - it has to be something i've never seen before or at least demonstrates something in a very different way. I don't think I'll ever post a bitmap button or a registry class; there are too many already (both good and otherwise). But, there aren't many Netscape preferences dialogs command line parsers or in-line scripting languages, etc. out there. Not coincidentally, these are the same criteria I look for when rating an article. Functionality is fine - it can save you a lot of typing to find a class that does exactly what you need, that moment. But to me using those classes is just leaching off the work of others: I do it, but 90% of the time i'm here is to find interesting things, not to solve some boring problem at work. The fun is on the edges - different, unique ideas, possibly not even useful, that can inspire me to do something different myself. These are the kinds of articles I love to find and the kind I try to write. (if i succeed or not is an entirely separate issue :) ) -c ------------------------------ Smaller Animals Software, Inc. http://www.smalleranimals.com
> Why do you take the time and expend the effort into putting > together an article here? What does it get you? I was gonna say that it gives me a monstrous woody, but I didn't want to scare anyone. :) I do it because I think someone else might be able to make use of something I've done.
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Why do you take the time and expend the effort into putting together an article here? What does it get you? -- My reasons. disclaimer: i intend no offense to anyone who writes articles for different reasons that mine. i realize we all have our own motivations Writing CP articles is a chance to show off something that i've done that makes me go "Wow!". And hopefully, it will be something to evoke the same reaction in others. As I see it, an article is only worth posting if it has a very high cool factor - it has to be something i've never seen before or at least demonstrates something in a very different way. I don't think I'll ever post a bitmap button or a registry class; there are too many already (both good and otherwise). But, there aren't many Netscape preferences dialogs command line parsers or in-line scripting languages, etc. out there. Not coincidentally, these are the same criteria I look for when rating an article. Functionality is fine - it can save you a lot of typing to find a class that does exactly what you need, that moment. But to me using those classes is just leaching off the work of others: I do it, but 90% of the time i'm here is to find interesting things, not to solve some boring problem at work. The fun is on the edges - different, unique ideas, possibly not even useful, that can inspire me to do something different myself. These are the kinds of articles I love to find and the kind I try to write. (if i succeed or not is an entirely separate issue :) ) -c ------------------------------ Smaller Animals Software, Inc. http://www.smalleranimals.com
One word: Ladies The women love a published author, especially when your publications deal with the intricacies of Windows shell programming and the IShellExtInit interface. Seriously? It's nice to share something you're proud of and maybe help someone out. It's also kind of cool that people from Oz to Singapore to Swaziland might read and get something out of your article. Nick Carruthers
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One word: Ladies The women love a published author, especially when your publications deal with the intricacies of Windows shell programming and the IShellExtInit interface. Seriously? It's nice to share something you're proud of and maybe help someone out. It's also kind of cool that people from Oz to Singapore to Swaziland might read and get something out of your article. Nick Carruthers
The women love a published author, especially when your publications deal with the intricacies of Windows shell programming and the IShellExtInit interface. :) yeah, my wife really digs when i whisper STL in her ear. "my functor is partially instantiated. sit back while i iterate over your fine container classes." -c ------------------------------ Smaller Animals Software, Inc. http://www.smalleranimals.com
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One word: Ladies The women love a published author, especially when your publications deal with the intricacies of Windows shell programming and the IShellExtInit interface. Seriously? It's nice to share something you're proud of and maybe help someone out. It's also kind of cool that people from Oz to Singapore to Swaziland might read and get something out of your article. Nick Carruthers
