tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post2717242946525825328..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: The rise of the faux professionalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-86937674847180011582007-10-29T17:40:00.000+00:002007-10-29T17:40:00.000+00:00Like your snowball bitLike your snowball bitNewmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-31590873465061509102007-10-29T17:06:00.000+00:002007-10-29T17:06:00.000+00:00NO gossip, just something that I;ve been thinking ...NO gossip, just something that I;ve been thinking about in summing up events of the last year online.<BR/><BR/>I can though say what is wrong with a voluntary code. Firstly, who polices it and how, but crucially secondly is that it will become something that creates multi-classes of blogs. People will say "oh he doesn't follow the arbitrary code so you can't trust him". It will be voluntary but produce a scenario where to be accepted you will have to sign up which making it in effect compulsory.dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-50545885764060754862007-10-29T12:45:00.000+00:002007-10-29T12:45:00.000+00:00What's wrong with a voluntary code of conduct?What's wrong with a voluntary code of conduct?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-81976875737234686732007-10-29T11:19:00.000+00:002007-10-29T11:19:00.000+00:00Dizzy,I'm curious about that which triggered your ...Dizzy,<BR/><BR/>I'm curious about that which triggered your post. Did it just come to you out of the blue or is there an interesting bit of gossip behind it?<BR/><BR/>I think we should be told.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-75680344271460697302007-10-29T08:08:00.000+00:002007-10-29T08:08:00.000+00:00I read about Tim O'Reilly's comments earlier this ...I read about Tim O'Reilly's comments earlier this year .. and I completely ignored them then. He is a highly successful publisher of IT based technical books with idiosyncratic covers - I have a deskful of them but being a successful publisher gives his views on something as non-technical as blogging the same weight as you, me or Sid & Doris Bonkers from Neasdon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com