DISQUS

Louis Gray · 1 year ago

The source was Dan Hsiao, who is interning for FriendFeed.
http://friendfeed.com/e/8af137c6-f7c9-4bf2-9723...
mathewi · 1 year ago

Thanks, Louis. Props are on their way.
Hao · 1 year ago

Dan actually reshared it from Philipp Lenssen. http://friendfeed.com/e/bb928949-d231-4d24-96b0...
mathewi · 1 year ago

Thanks, Hao -- more props forthcoming :-)
Hao · 1 year ago

I read LG's blog post on authorship carefully. ;)
http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/07/friendfee...
Scott Kinoshita · 1 year ago

I am only slightly embarrassed to find this post really interesting... but I'm going to blame my background in computer programming for that.

It's a coding habit to reuse things as much as possible so code is as efficient as possible -- that's probably Tim Berners-Lee's thinking. I know for myself, sometimes worrying about efficiency will get in the way of recognizing the elegance of giving elements their own tag.

My old C++ teacher used to remind us to get it working first, THEN make it sleek and efficient.
mathewi · 1 year ago

That's good advice for more than just programming, Scott :-)