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Re: [xml-dev] Do you enjoy neighborhoods where every house looksthe same?
- From: Michael Sokolov <msokolov@safaribooksonline.com>
- To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:57:02 -0400
On 08/28/2013 03:29 PM, Simon St.Laurent wrote:
>
> I do many things in amateurish ways, but I recognize, for example,
> that the feeling of accomplishment I used to get from assembling IKEA
> furniture was a sad joke compared to the feeling of accomplishment I
> get from actually making something.
>
I have to admit I feel differently about chairs and tables, which I
would prefer to make myself, or purchase from a dedicated
crafts-person. I chose the door example because I think it falls in the
uncomfortable zone between pipe threads and furniture. It is much easier
to get functioning if it conforms to standards, but also admits
significant aesthetic considerations.
> Honestly, lessening the expert/amateur distinction would make a lot of
> these questions just vanish, though.
>
Well, that's interesting. You don't think we benefit from
specialization? We should all be surgeon/plumber/coders?
-Mike
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