Comments on: Markup & Style Society Talk

By: Theodicius » On Craftsmen

Theodicius » On Craftsmen — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:42:22 +0000

[...] Joshua Porter and Eric Meyer have been musing on this theme, and it struck a chord here, as well. This should not [...]

By: Eric Meyer

Eric Meyer — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:30 +0000

Okay, I gave the keynote on Monday and just now came back to check out your slides. Since we both avoided the dreaded bullet-pointing, it’s hard to judge from the slides, but I think we’re probably pretty close in our thinking.

If nothing else, we should make sure to get together when I’m in Boston in June for AEA Boston and chew the fat over a pint, or words to that effect.

By: Fred Epner

Fred Epner — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:11:56 +0000

I just did a video interview for work and i grabbed the raw footage (kinda long), but i was just comparing the work satisfaction of a classic craftsman to what i do (developer [php]).

http://www.betterinteractive.com/video.php

By: Refined by Fire » On Web Craftsmanship

Refined by Fire » On Web Craftsmanship — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:04:00 +0000

[...] stop by Josh’s site and flip through his slides. Very [...]

By: Chris Pallé

Chris Pallé — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:32:29 +0000

Hey Josh,
I actually got pretty vocal about this last year on the IxDA list, ALA, and then brought it to my own site: http://www.chrispalle.com/2007/07/03/craft-of-the-human-experience/

Interestingly, the person I upset at ALA came over and had some dialog there. C. Wodtke and I talked about doing a project around it last Oct., but got too busy.

Maybe it’s a topic for ambientsociability.com ?

By: Raymond Jankovic

Raymond Jankovic — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:51:29 +0000

Great presentation. I really like the crafts parallel, as I present quite similar views and attitiude towards web desing. Sadly, I wasn’t able to attend the presentation personally, and probably missed a lot of interesting points.

By: patrick h. lauke

patrick h. lauke — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:20:26 +0000

loving the craftsmanship analogy. i likened it to being an artisan a while ago http://www.splintered.co.uk/news/99/ and juxtaposed it to a mass production model (lovingly hand-crafting individual pages versus using a CMS or similar tool).

By: Amitabh Handa

Amitabh Handa — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:08:11 +0000

Sorry I missed the event, and your presentation; I was in India when the limited signup happened, and mostly offline. This really captures what I’ve been struggling with myself, which is how to balance the need for fine-tuned craftmanship vs. the sometimes diametrically opposing needs of a just-get-it done business owner. Looking forward to next time.

By: Nate Klaiber

Nate Klaiber — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:42:05 +0000

Excellent slides filled with great information and excellent quotes. I couldn’t agree more with what you have said in your presentation. I think you could extend this to any line of work and the principles would still be the same in regards to being a true craftsman.

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:40:59 +0000

I can’t believe I couldn’t make it to this. /sobs

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:58:38 +0000

@Eric, I’m sure you’ve got plenty to add to my very short (20 min) talk…

By: Angelo

Angelo — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:51:51 +0000

Thanks for the slides. Much appreciated. M&S isn’t Christmas? Who knew?

By: Wolf

Wolf — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:48:47 +0000

Heh… I gave a presentation about the exact same thing yesterday. Webdesign is a craft.

(For those who understand Dutch http://tinyurl.com/2bcbde )

By: Marc Amos

Marc Amos — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:57:10 +0000

MS&S meet ups are better than Christmas.

By: Eric Meyer

Eric Meyer — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:24:51 +0000

Damn! I can’t look at these because I’m doing a keynote on that exact topic (seriously, with the word “craftsman” and everything) in a few weeks, and I don’t want to be tempted into ripping off your stuff. But I wanna. Curse you, Bokardo!