Steve Yegge: Follow Up to His Accidentally Public Rant

Post by barrkel » Fri, Oct 21, 2011, 9:45 AM UTC

Maro wrote: post #38

> That is: assume he already knows everything about it. Assume he knows more than you do about it. Even if you have groundbreakingly original ideas in your material, just pretend it’s old hat for him. Write your prose in the succinct, direct, no-explanations way that you would write for a world-leading expert on the material. So if he knows everything, why am I writing for him?

Post by frek818 » Fri, Oct 21, 2011, 9:47 AM UTC

OoTheNigerian wrote: post #33

Tyrannosaurs wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you're being harsh. I think it was probably more considered but I'm guessing that everything he's written since THAT post has been more considered - it would be a completely natural reaction to having accidentally laid yourself bare. After all whom amongst us having accidentally forwarded an e-mail to the wrong person hasn't got a little more careful about what we say for a while afterwards? But I still think…

Ok, maybe considered is less harsh than bland. But do you think it is a good thing? The first time I noticed this was when I listed to the original and then studio version of 2 Pac's "Hit 'em up". In the first he was really and truly angry and you could feel it. The second version was 'just there'. When actors and actresses get "into character" it is really clear. They mean what they act and it seems natural. let us…

Post by bad_user » Fri, Oct 21, 2011, 9:51 AM UTC

staunch wrote: post #7

cavalcade wrote: post #6

Is it me or does this read like a big ass-kissing of Bezos after he tore him apart in the accidentally leaked memo? Not saying it isnt true but...

He said it himself "I’ve always skirted any perceived shortcomings and focused on what they do well." Now he's doing that again, in a big way. He's saying "Bezos is a genius" and not saying "Bezos is a micromanaging asshole"

Post by jxi » Fri, Oct 21, 2011, 9:58 AM UTC

david927 wrote: post #13

danmaz74 wrote: post #10

By the way, the most important part of the post is where he says that Google is following through on the problems he pointed out. I'd be curious to see what (if) will come out of this - if they will expose their internal services to third parties, that will be great news.

No, that was just polite talk. This isn't new -- this has been a glaring issue for a while. And if they were serious about it, Brin wouldn't have replied so flippantly. Google is just a one product company (with Gmail being the exception that proves the rule) lacking the humility and gravitas to be more.

Post by bad_user » Fri, Oct 21, 2011, 10:03 AM UTC

    The last step before you’re ready to present to 
    him is this: Delete every third paragraph.