Comments on: What happened to you’ve been HAACKED?

By: David

David — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:23:33 +0000

I sense Sean getting a lot of flack for this post. For what it’s worth, I’m pretty much in agreement with Sean. I’ve really enjoyed Phil’s blog in the past but much less so since he started focussing on ASP.NET MVC. (Again, this doesn’t just apply to Phil.)

I think the problem for me is that, while I really hope ASP.NET MVC turns out to be a great platform, I’ve seen WebForms, CSS Adapters, ASP.NET AJAX, etc rise and fall, and so I find it hard to be interested in “look at all these great things [next big thing] can do” type posts, suspecting that, as soon as I try to use it in anger I’ll find I need to engage in some tortuous workarounds or subclass/rewrite some of the main controls to get it to work in a realistic manner.

None of this is Phil’s fault of course, and all this said, I’m hoping he’s trying to make MVC work for developers, and if his blogging evidences his enthusiasm for that, then that’s got to be good news for the framework!

By: throwspoop

throwspoop — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:14:59 +0000

By all means you opened up the communication…I love haacked, because he offers great insight and _knowledge_ , but (agreed) the quality of variance (no desenting opinion )is not the same as it was…lets see if he responds with even better posts!

By: Sean Chambers

Sean Chambers — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:21:06 +0000

@throwspoop I completely agree. I think the recent moves towards more open source adoption by Microsoft is a great move and I think noone will disagree that everyone is thrilled.

When I wrote this post Scott Guthrie hadn’t announced that they will be doing open source code drops to codeplex. Even though this isn’t a “true” open source adoption it’s better then having nothing at all. I think we’re all on the same page on that note.

Just to clarify once more for everyone, I proposed some positive comments to Phil, I in no way meant for it to be negative and I still enthusiastically read his blog and enjoy his posts. I think what he is accomplishing at MS is fantastic and I am behind him 100% in his endeavor.

Cheers!

By: throwspoop

throwspoop — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:12:21 +0000

While I am not sure we as readers should have a say as to what bloggers write…we are the audience.

That said, since the whole MVC blowup and MS’s interest in the .NET open source world (alt.net…bleh) a lot of blogs have changed their format to accommodate the _new_ hot topic (and undoubtedly to beg some attention from MS and potential publishers-$$$).

Thats fine by me, because it opens up the opportunity for new bloggers to fill the void they have left and open my mind to new ideas, etc. Look at it this way, if you wouldn’t have written this post, i wouldn’t have stumbled on this blog

By: Sean Chambers

Sean Chambers — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:26:10 +0000

@joe we don’t. thats the catch. that doesn’t mean we can’t give CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. hence, the reason for having comments and posting about other people’s blogs.

In no way did I ever expect for Phil to change his content based on my post, but I gave him some advice. thats all

By: Joe Stagner

Joe Stagner — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:25:33 +0000

It’s the point of a blog for the author to post about whatever THEY want?

It’s not like a paid web site or a magazine where the reader gave money for an expected service. so how does a reader have any sense of entitlement as to the author’s topic choice ?

By: schambers

schambers — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:46:53 +0000

@jason no problemo. I’m actually glad that everyone presents their opinions very professionally. Thank you for being cordial, I appreciate it.

By: jason

jason — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:46:46 +0000

@schambers – I wasn’t singling you out, Sean. I was just pointing out that we tend to put people on pedestals and worship them until they stop doing what we like. Then we throw tomatoes. I think you’ve eaten enough crow on this topic. No need to apologize to anyone.

By: schambers

schambers — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:18:27 +0000

@jason Fair enough, although I never said that he *had* to write. I was just stating that the diversity of his topics that be blogs on seems to have changed recently. I wouldn’t presume to tell someone that they have to blog about a specific topic. Maybe next time I will be a little more verbose as to the intent and meaning of my post. sorry

By: jason

jason — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:54:15 +0000

Cut Phil some slack. Just because we enjoy what someone writes doesn’t me that they *have* to write. Phil is a brilliant and gracious dude, but he blogs because he enjoys it, not because we pay him. He doesn’t owe us anything, but we always enjoy his insight and perspective on whatever topic he chooses. Thanks, Phil!