On 10/16/07, David Malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> To answer Christian. I "believe" in patterns, but am uncertain to how to
> best make them work in a living real workspace given my experience. I fall
> between the line academic who loves "pattern recognition" and a "gotta get
> it done" person.
>
That's an excellent point. I find myself drawn to the elegance of
patterns as an abstract, academic (almost) ideal, but in my day job we
deal with patterns as a pragmatic documentation method, and it's far
from theoretical.
> As for the facebook reference, you are the "Chris" (sorry about that) I was
> alluding to in your status message where you said you wished you were in
> Chicago because you were wondering about whether or not it all is worth it.
Ah, d'oh! Yeah, sorry I don't really answer to Chris, but it doesn't
offend me or anything... I did post that blog entry with the title "Do
pattern libraries really work?" not so much because I doubt they do
but because that seemed to be one of the questions that has to be
asked.
--xian
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Yahoo! pattern detective http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns
IA Institute director of technology http://iainstitute.org
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