I have become increasingly infatuated with twitter. Not so much for anything I have to say, but for the vast amount of information I can get about programming and many other subjects.
I am following quite a few people now. And I would have to say that probably 90% of them are in the programming design areas. I have found several new sources for programming information, and it is interesting to watch the interaction between some of the ones that I do read.
It’s good to see competing organizations such as NETTUTS and perishable press sharing a good laugh. Which tells me the what type of people that are in these organizations are the type of people I want to follow. At least they are not concerned only with themselves. I’ll certainly they are here to make money, but I think in many cases their prime objective is to help people. And some of them are fully into doing just that.
I never realized there were so many helpful people. Especially knowledgeable people who want to help. To that degree would like to send a big shout out to Jeff Starr at Perishable Press .
Jeff not only writes timely interesting articles,that appears to be deeply interested in publishing what he discovers that may help other people.I think he is extremely knowledgeable in many areas of programming. I’m somewhat jealous of people like that, here I am trying to get to the vagaries of PHP and codeignitor, and he could do that kind of stuff in his sleep.
Well lets face it there are many people like that out there. I think the vast majority of people who are into programming and who choose to enter the arena of the Internet are helpful people. There are some people who only wish to help people who are at their level of programming because it is easier for them, but most will stoop to helping us perennial newbies as the occasions arise.
Jeffrey Way over at NETTUTS has been a godsend in getting me through codeigniter. Jeffrey is another person who freely helps people with the work he does. And he does it on a extreme schedule.I am not sure how he manages to complete all the work that he does and still do clear and concise tutorials and screen casts.
So, this is my thanks to those people and too many others like Chris Croyer, Eric Meyer and so many others who give so much
