I do have a soft spot for the O'Reilly covers, but that's just good design. On the other issue, it seems to me that there's a difference between explaining and entertaining, and the latter requires a lot more training and practice than the former, and a lot more than most amateurs seem to be aware of. A bad lecture at least has a point. Bad comedy is pointless torture.
----- Reply message ----- From: "Josh Berry" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Jul 5, 2012 9:58 am Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Animals in talks To: <[email protected]> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 9:52 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > The challenger could have been saved if there had been cute animals in the > powerpoint? > I'm pretty sure I'm not buying that. No no. I wasn't meaning to argue for animals in powerpoints. I was arguing against "if you have something to say, say it." I don't understand the animals thing. Granted, I think O'Reilly did endear me to them for a while on books. Not sure how they could be said to have helped me understand anything, though. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
