Comments on: Thanks, Iron Man, for the good excuse to perl blog http://blog.timbunce.org/2009/05/10/thanks-iron-man-for-the-good-excuse-to-perl-blog/ Listen. Reflect. Explore. Solve. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tarun http://blog.timbunce.org/2009/05/10/thanks-iron-man-for-the-good-excuse-to-perl-blog/#comment-1453 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:15:05 +0000 http://timbunce.wordpress.com/?p=268#comment-1453 An additional FREE perl facility exists at http://www.dbperl.com. Perl database script can be generated and tested too online with your own data uploaded before downloading the script. Previously the membership was $60; now it is free

]]> By: TimBunce http://blog.timbunce.org/2009/05/10/thanks-iron-man-for-the-good-excuse-to-perl-blog/#comment-720 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:28:05 +0000 http://timbunce.wordpress.com/?p=268#comment-720 I’m sorry you were disappointed by the post brian. You make a leap from “encouraging people to blog” to “try to be the loudest in the room” which doesn’t seem justified. I see encouraging people to blog as very similar to encouraging people to release modules to CPAN. The quality will vary hugely but I’m sure they’ll be some surprising gems and hopefully some interesting new voices in the community.

]]> By: brian d foy http://blog.timbunce.org/2009/05/10/thanks-iron-man-for-the-good-excuse-to-perl-blog/#comment-712 Wed, 20 May 2009 07:06:30 +0000 http://timbunce.wordpress.com/?p=268#comment-712 The problem with the Iron Man Challenge is that a lot of people don’t have anything interesting to say, but now EPO wants to encourage people to speak anyway.

George Saunders has an interesting essay about this: “The Braindead Megaphone”. When you try to be the loudest guy in the room, you start to change how everyone speaks and interacts with each other, often detrimentally. The level of discussion degrades, jargons develop, and so on. You can spot the braindead megaphones when they start blogging about blogging.

You normally have really good things to say Tim, but I think this sort of post detracts from the otherwise good content you have. It’s adding noise to your signal, and you’ve had one of the highest signal-to-noise ratios out there. I think you’re much more effective not having an excuse to blog but sticking to what you’ve historically done. I used to see your articles in my aggregrator and think I was in for a treat. I’d like it to still be that way.

]]> By: Perl Blogs « transfixed but not dead! http://blog.timbunce.org/2009/05/10/thanks-iron-man-for-the-good-excuse-to-perl-blog/#comment-683 Sun, 17 May 2009 15:45:25 +0000 http://timbunce.wordpress.com/?p=268#comment-683 [...] 2009 May 17 tags: perl by draegtun Tim Bunce posted about Perl Blogs last week talking in part about the sorry state of results that comes from Google when you perform [...]

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