The Wisdom of the Web • @pragdave I’ve tried using logic, with mixed results. — @tottinge • More often than not the creative process is more interesting than the creation. — @adamgoucher • Rails is omakase. You’re free to say no unagi, but don’t expect the chef to stop serving it at his restaurant because you don’t like it. — @dhh • In software, only new stuff is old hat. Anything written over ten years ago is new material. — @tottinge • “Feedback” makes a fabulous transitive verb. — @chadfowler • We really need anthropologist-types observing great designers, rather than relying on designers’ self-reports. cf: http://bit.ly/aKjCli [U2] — @marick • Programmers often say “inefficient” when they mean “slow,” sort of like “utilize” instead of “use.” It sounds smarter, but isn’t. — @petdance • Tip: to trick your colleagues into doing something with you, just “-athon”ify it. Testathon, bootstrapv2athon, everything can be -athon’ed. — @pamelafox • Sometimes, waking from a dream is like rolling back a regrettable transaction. — @mtnygard • I’m not going to make my daughter choose a religion, I’ll explain the differences & when the time comes she can choose either Marvel or DC. — @TashyP_ • Annual reminder to Hollywood. The people reading your anti-piracy screens paid for the movie. The people torrenting it didn’t. — @raganwald • The English language really needs a good translation of “svårmod.” — @olabini Who Are Those Guys? First, they’re not all guys. Second, we have to confess that we cleaned up their punctuation and stuff a little. OK, who they are: Ola Bini, Reg Braithwaite, Chris Breen, Steve Death, Chad Fowler, Pamela Fox, Adam Goucher, DHH, Brian P. Hogan, Jeff LaMarche, Andy Lester, Edward R. Marczak, Brian Marick, Michael Nygard, Tim Ottinger, Tashy, and Gina Trapani. You can follow us at www.twitter.com/pragpub [U3]. External resources referenced in this article: [U1] http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=307 [U2] http://bit.ly/aKjCli [U3] http://www.twitter.com/pragpub PragPub January 2013 3