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January 20, 2006
Blogs, and when you should just email someone
Is it weird to google your name? I dunno, I do it every once in a while. Today I ended up on this post by Peter Saint-Andre, and realize that would have aggrivated me if I had read it right after I had posted on my blog.
I mean, of all the gall. Like I didn't know about the standards list? I mean, come on. I was working on something for Adium, and didn't want to deal with the enormous politics of the Jabber community.
But it's been a while, and I looked more closely at his post. Looks like he obviously hadn't read the post before that.
Had he emailed, I would have just told him what I was up to. But now it doesn't matter, I'm not working on that anymore, and I don't need to worry about it any longer. But their deferral system is quite silly, why not just say "it's deferred, here is a link with more information on what deferred means"? Bla, I don't really care I guess.
Oh, and I like how he didn't get the point here: in a rebuttal to my post regarding what I think jabber sucks in. Also, via email, I would have probably been able to respond. Especially since most people don't understand their email (like my mom).
Feels like high school on the internet sometimes, ya know?
Comments
Hi Christopher,
I don't find it strange for people to post on their own blog in response to someone else's post. This happens frequently in blogging and I like such open conversations.
I'm sure I don't have to tell you how standards processes work, but many people don't and the post Peter responded to doesn't really show you do. We can't magically tell what you know. A little diving into the matters you critique never hurts.
That said, I appreciate your work, so please let's keep things friendly.
Posted by: ralphm at January 20, 2006 03:14 AM