On occassion geeks like to talk about the technology and conventions which allow you to kiss Andrew Sullivan’s arse, post the answer to the “which ‘X’ are you” poll-of-the-moment, and complain about the latest political bête noir.
Over at Caveat Lector, Dorothea found that this disturbs some people; who apparently ignored the point that all those scribblers in their garrets who couldn’t be bothered to learn a markup language wouldn’t be overrunning the Web without those horrid geeks who worked on tools that were developed in order to support the style of writing generaly recognized, by evil big pubs and others, as a weblog.
Dorothea was polite to the delicate sensiblities of those folk. I’m a cranky, middle-aged bastard who writes web publishing tools, and say if you’re bothered by people talking about the technology of the Web on the Web, then maybe you could switch to stapling broadsheets to telephone polls instead. May I suggest building a hectograph? However, you’ll have to talk to fanzine fans. And if you hate discussions of technology, then listening to old men talk about the antics of long-dead fans at obscure conventions will drive you to the bottle faster than the SOAP v. REST debate.
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