Comments on: links for 2007-06-28 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/06/28/links-for-2007-06-28/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:29:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: links for 2007 06 28 — Lyrics and Music Torrents http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/06/28/links-for-2007-06-28/#comment-47985 links for 2007 06 28 — Lyrics and Music Torrents Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:32:49 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/06/28/links-for-2007-06-28/#comment-47985 [...] prissy-ass nerds get wise. (tags: developers work offshoring pay via:obie) The seven source: links for 2007 06 28, People Over Process One foot in the muck, the other [...] [...] prissy-ass nerds get wise. (tags: developers work offshoring pay via:obie) The seven source: links for 2007 06 28, People Over Process One foot in the muck, the other [...]

]]> By: Warren Henning http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/06/28/links-for-2007-06-28/#comment-43556 Warren Henning Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:11:09 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/06/28/links-for-2007-06-28/#comment-43556 "Interestingly listed as a synonym for pragmatic." I think this is because in the past "pragmatic" was mostly applied to businessmen and others who didn't give a shit about anything except money; in particular they didn't care about the humanities, education, or other things considered to represent the higher aspirations of humanity. It doesn't mean that enterprisey fucks who draw UML diagrams and never, ever produce a line of working code are high-minded deep thinkers and Ruby XP/cowboy coders are disgraceful philistines. “Interestingly listed as a synonym for pragmatic.”

I think this is because in the past “pragmatic” was mostly applied to businessmen and others who didn’t give a shit about anything except money; in particular they didn’t care about the humanities, education, or other things considered to represent the higher aspirations of humanity.

It doesn’t mean that enterprisey fucks who draw UML diagrams and never, ever produce a line of working code are high-minded deep thinkers and Ruby XP/cowboy coders are disgraceful philistines.

]]> By: Ric http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/06/28/links-for-2007-06-28/#comment-43479 Ric Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:12:06 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/06/28/links-for-2007-06-28/#comment-43479 Hey Cote - doesn't ARonaut like you guys or something? Hey Cote - doesn’t ARonaut like you guys or something?

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