> Not that I am trying to be exclusive or pompous, but when you > start allowing people who know nothing about web page design or > development to design or develop web pages, you get web pages > designed or developed by people who know nothing about the > process. I think it is a dangerous trend to try to make all > technology available to everyone.
> As a case and point: The professional secreatry is all but dead. > Because the word processor is now available to everyone, everyone > is expected to use it. Therefore, you now have middle executive > types spending twice as long to develop documents at 3 times the > cost with 1/2 the effectiveness because they really don't know how > to write. > Specialization is not always a bad thing. Is it so horrible to > expect that if someone wants to use a technology, they actually > learn how to use it. I actually agree with this sentiment. I continue to produce tools that are more and more for the average joe, not because I necessarily think the end result is going to be a good thing, but because I see it as the trend that's making money ( and will make money in the future ) and therefore keeping food on my table. Were it not for the fact that I see this as the only way for me to really survive, my software / work would probably be significantly different. Just like the professional secretary, I think a lot of other office jobs will go away -- with data-warehousing becoming practical the next in line are file-clerks -- that is assuming they're not all but extinct already. For that matter, this past year or so I finished my first novel. I decided to web publish it because I don't think it will get published otherwise. ( http://www.turnkey.to/ike/613.htm ) I expect 0 out of 6,000,000,000 people on this planet to finish it "cover to cover". Why? Largely because reading is a dying art. I've been thinking recently about resorting to cartooning to get my points across, in spite of the fact that I don't think comic strips or cartoons really can get my point across -- and actually would be feeding directly into the problem explained by my novel which can only be explained in the context of a longer volume and therefore won't have any effect because no-one has the patience to read it. I.e. the problem can only be expressed in the medium which the problem is destroying. The snake eats its tail. Somehow I think this has a frightening correlation to the IT industry, although at the moment I don't really have the words to express how. S. Isaac Dealey Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
