Comments on: @media Ajax 2007 Day 1 http://blog.smartercode.co.uk/2007/11/22/media-ajax-2007-day-1/ The SmarterCode Blog - Derbyshire Web Developers Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:25:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: johnap http://blog.smartercode.co.uk/2007/11/22/media-ajax-2007-day-1/#comment-4 johnap Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:48:03 +0000 http://blog.smartercode.co.uk/2007/11/22/media-ajax-2007-day-1/#comment-4 @Chris Heilmann - sorry, didn't mean to come across that harsh - I did enjoy your talk! To be fair - looking back over the slides, there was a lot of sound stuff in there - the "do not innovate in production" [paraphrased] argument stood out as being odd to start with, but on reflection I think I get it now... I've seen it done by other developers and I've almost certainly done myself - write something you think is dead cool in the most advanced and even obscure way - then get indignant when everyone else runs a mile from it/throws their hands up and says it nonsense/throws it back at you etc. @Chris Heilmann - sorry, didn’t mean to come across that harsh - I did enjoy your talk!
To be fair - looking back over the slides, there was a lot of sound stuff in there - the “do not innovate in production” [paraphrased] argument stood out as being odd to start with, but on reflection I think I get it now…
I’ve seen it done by other developers and I’ve almost certainly done myself - write something you think is dead cool in the most advanced and even obscure way - then get indignant when everyone else runs a mile from it/throws their hands up and says it nonsense/throws it back at you etc.

]]> By: Chris Heilmann http://blog.smartercode.co.uk/2007/11/22/media-ajax-2007-day-1/#comment-3 Chris Heilmann Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:21:26 +0000 http://blog.smartercode.co.uk/2007/11/22/media-ajax-2007-day-1/#comment-3 Sorry to have disappointed you. My main issue was that I expected the other talks to be technical through and through and wanted to point out the aspect of how a good team structure and following a common way of working in a team can make an amazing difference. I am only the European trainer and bug-fix requester for YUI, the head honchos are over the pond (for now) :) What would you have expected? I have some more speaking gigs coming up and I am also happy to travel the island. Agreed on PPK's stuff. I have massive respect for him but I have no clue where he went with these arguments. Ajax to me is 80% server and 20% clever client interface, and his example to me would have been a good SQL DB and a flash frontend. Sorry to have disappointed you. My main issue was that I expected the other talks to be technical through and through and wanted to point out the aspect of how a good team structure and following a common way of working in a team can make an amazing difference.

I am only the European trainer and bug-fix requester for YUI, the head honchos are over the pond (for now) :)

What would you have expected? I have some more speaking gigs coming up and I am also happy to travel the island.

Agreed on PPK’s stuff. I have massive respect for him but I have no clue where he went with these arguments. Ajax to me is 80% server and 20% clever client interface, and his example to me would have been a good SQL DB and a flash frontend.

]]> By: Bruce Lawson’s personal site  : @media Ajax http://blog.smartercode.co.uk/2007/11/22/media-ajax-2007-day-1/#comment-2 Bruce Lawson’s personal site  : @media Ajax Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:51:36 +0000 http://blog.smartercode.co.uk/2007/11/22/media-ajax-2007-day-1/#comment-2 [...] Smarter Blog [...] […] Smarter Blog […]

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