Comments on: Confessions of a Web Developer VIII

By: Graham

Graham — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:36:28 +0000

“Don’t like Facebook’s privacy policies? Close your account and create your own site. Simple. Facebook has put forth the money, time, and effort to create the site. You are owed NOTHING. STFU or move on.”

Finally somebody said it! *FINALLY*!

I can’t stand when people complain about something for months, if not years in this case, but never have the gusto to get off their lazy ass and actually fix it themselves.

Your bluntness has saved us all.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:42:47 +0000

You use chrome? Makes the “guess the framework” game a lot easier. Check out the Chrome Sniffer extension.

By: Landon Miller

Landon Miller — Sat, 22 May 2010 04:39:33 +0000

I’ve been eating McDonald’s my whole life, but tonight is the first time I have visited their website. That’s crazy!

Facebook… I hear a lot of people talking about quitting, but I have not heard of one of my friends actually doing it. From what I’ve heard is that facebook is using user information to provide targeted ads/content all over the web. How is this a problem? Would you rather see content and ads that are irrelevant? I blame the media for this one.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Sat, 22 May 2010 03:38:03 +0000

Confessions of a Web Developer VIII.I

@allWhoOpposeMakingMoneyWithAds What’s wrong with trying to make a few extra bucks? If you hate ads that much don’t visit the page (any page with ads), don’t even use ad-block, just don’t visit the page period. Do ads really hurt your eyes that much? You must be new-born babies.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:39:54 +0000

@James I agree that our time may not be worth more than that of any other trained professional (doctor, plumber, etc), but how many plumbers take the time to offer their knowledge up in a open and public forum for all others to learn from…. freely?

Some of us do bare costs to share said knowledge (hosting, domain renewal, etc), and a tiny bit of income that advertising brings anymore, I would think is the least that could be asked for in return.

That being said, I have seen programming blogs that are nothing more than a thinly-veiled attempt at cashing in. :-(

By: James

James — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:04:24 +0000

@Ryan, good point. I’ve actually considered stopping writing for Nettuts for the very reasons I outlined above.

By: Ryan Florence

Ryan Florence — Thu, 20 May 2010 00:27:07 +0000

@james – I’ll gladly accept the $150 you got for each of your nettuts articles :D

By: David Walsh

David Walsh — Wed, 19 May 2010 23:33:25 +0000

@James: I disagree. I don’t see this as much different than paying for a college education, or tech support, or hell — even entertainment.

I know it sounds ego-centric but my time is worth more than some others, the same way Resig’s time would be worth more than my time.

I don’t owe it to people to do this — I do it because I love doing it. That said, I get enough traffic to make extra cash. I have a mortgage, wedding coming up, etc. Why wouldn’t I give a cost to my time?

Additionally, I’ve got a “day job” so this site isn’t so much a portfolio as it is a code lab.

@Paul Spencer: I’ve had it about a year now. It’s meant to be an “added bonus.”

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:19:55 +0000

Facebook hate makes me feel alive.

Yes, but how many webmasters make good pr0n stars? Just sayin.

Attention whore to do a fan page on FB? May I be the one to direct you to one of Adam Carolla’s latest podcasts. I think you’ll enjoy it: http://www.adamcarolla.com/ACPBlog/2010/05/17/adam-and-jay-louis/ ;-)

By: Luis Merino

Luis Merino — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:35:33 +0000

Words-war with chained /me ___ are always a good time.