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> "Could it be," Andrew pondered, "that I might have written this in a
> different way? A way that really made the distinction clear?" And as the
> clouds over his head parted, a shining beam of light struck Andrew's
> noggin and he suddenly realized that it's not enough to simply *know*
> everything, you have to know *how to write it*. And that perhaps - dare
> I say it? - a process, such as one that included a review by his dearest
> nitpicky geek friends, could have prevented this tragedy. I hear his
> heart grew three sizes that day. ;-)
My nitpicky geek friends did edit it before hand as did Deborah Ray (thank
you Deb). So there was a "process" at work here.
However, last night I had a debate with some of those nitpicky geek
friends over "what is an IDS." It made me realize that my article was not
100% technically accurate. Although conceptually sound, it attributed a
feature to products that don't have it.
Proof that process cannot make perfection.
Now, I could have been a complete Grinch and said nothing and acted like I
was right. But I decided to reveal my error and clarify because its the
right thing to do.
And my reward for admitting my mistakes: I get called names. Wheee.
I used to work with a guy who said, "You learn the most when you screw up
(and admit it). You learn nothing when you think you're right."
Andrew Plato
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