I've started collecting all of the article fragments I've written over the years into a single place so I can start making them into something real. I really (really, really) never realized how much I've started to write and why.
For example, I'm currently modding BlogCFC to CF8 with enhanced SEO and security and a single character caught my eye. The code has some tags with closing slashes and some not. Personally, I hate closing slashes but I also dislike when there is a lack of standardization in code (in Ray's defense, other people had their hands in pieces of code over the years). I wrote a fast and simple RegEx to standardize all of the tags to have either correct closing slashes or none at all. Then I wrote it up. Then I wrote better and more involved RegEx. Then I wrote more. Then I researched some terms to make sure they were correct. Then I found something new to write about (is it better to have a trailing slash or not on an url for seo reasons). Now I've got a multi-page document on nothing more than standardizing and removing closing slashes. A nice read but is it really worth the time and effort? This is why I don't write much. It's usually on something esoteric or known to all. Yes, yes, I know people like my writing but that's just because they like me. :) -- Michael Dinowitz (http://www.linkedin.com/in/mdinowitz) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297191 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
