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Mathew's comments: Geek alert: Andreessen suggests new tag

  • 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 :-)