Letters to Joel Spolsky
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Dear Joel,
I regret to inform you that I must decline your invitation to be a featured guest blogger for Joel On Software.
I realize this will come as a shock, especially given my well-documented need for attention.
The fact is, I don’t care how many thousands of readers you have, how many millions of dollars of software you sell, or how many minor celebrities worship you. ?At the end of the day, you appear in a little window in an RSS reader. You fill in a template consisting of a cute story tenuously connected to a dramatic point, inspiring wanna-bes to commiserate and laugh with indignation at the stupidity of others.?
While they’ve been laughing, I’ve wondering whether you practice what you preach. You admonish ..read more