| Bill Jonas on Wed, 16 Oct 2002 18:00:04 -0400 |
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On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 09:44:39AM -0400, Paul wrote: > I'm surprised by the level of rejection of all but the most basic > technology among technologists. I'm starting to think that the > creative, artistic element of Web design frightens pure technologists. > (I'm half serious about that.) Well, it's for the same reason that I don't apt-get install every possible network daemon immediately after I install a new machine; it's not *necessary*. If it *is* necessary, *then* I do it. As Gabe said, if the job requires (or strongly suggests, for some value of "strongly") a particular tool, then by all means, use that tool. It's silly to use a tool just for the sake of using that tool. (Unless the objective is to use that tool; an example would be "I'm going to add some PHP to the mix on my site so I can learn how to use PHP." But even there, the real objective isn't to *use* the tool; in this case, the reason would be to *learn* the tool.) -- Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin Attachment:
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