Just a bunch of hot heads

Carolyn Wood of A List Apart recently wrote an article describing how us “web folk” are pretty…umm…committed to our beliefs. I think she mentioned nine millimeter handguns somewhere in there. For shame!

Anyway, she’s completely right on the money. Funny thing is, I’d never thought about it before. And then I was reading an article by Natalie Jost that was jabbing at us webophiles for speaking above our clients…using big words to feed our superiority complex, basically. Ouch! But that was on target, too.

I’d love to say “Except for me. I’ve never done either of those things. I’m just way too cool for all of that.” But just the other day, I did it. Without even thinking, I was babbling on and on about CSS and web standards and the importance of usability…blah dee blah. I could see my listener’s eyes glazing over, but I was not about to stop. Nuh-uh. I knew what I was talking about after all.

So anyway, there’s my kick in the pants for the day. I’m going to try to go a whole week without saying “Content Management System.” Because really…that label does not help anyone at all. Except for me, apparently.