Comments on: Mass-amateurisation of the Internet http://thinkmoult.com/2009/07/28/mass-amateurisation-of-the-internet/ Seriously who ever reads this description. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: thinkMoult - The Euphemism Website – the failed idea. « http://thinkmoult.com/2009/07/28/mass-amateurisation-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-861 thinkMoult - The Euphemism Website – the failed idea. « Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:46:00 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/?p=809#comment-861 [...] One of the websites I always wanted to make was a Euphemism dictionary. It would be pretty similar to urbandictionary in terms of concept and allow user-defined euphemisms for common insulting phrases. This would thus prevent us racking our brains every single time we wanted to come up with another creative way of saying “my aunt’s maid’s son is better at computers than you“. [...] [...] One of the websites I always wanted to make was a Euphemism dictionary. It would be pretty similar to urbandictionary in terms of concept and allow user-defined euphemisms for common insulting phrases. This would thus prevent us racking our brains every single time we wanted to come up with another creative way of saying “my aunt’s maid’s son is better at computers than you“. [...]

]]> By: pujiyanto18 http://thinkmoult.com/2009/07/28/mass-amateurisation-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-718 pujiyanto18 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:03:40 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/?p=809#comment-718 hay, is that's story me... internet is world me where I story all experience me and internet teach me hacking and all. ^_* hay,
is that’s story me…
internet is world me
where I story all experience me
and internet teach me hacking and all.
^_*

]]> By: Dion Moult http://thinkmoult.com/2009/07/28/mass-amateurisation-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Dion Moult Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:20:32 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/?p=809#comment-715 Yes through Internet tutorials and experimentation - isn't that how almost everybody begins? Yes through Internet tutorials and experimentation – isn’t that how almost everybody begins?

]]> By: Phil Sturgeon http://thinkmoult.com/2009/07/28/mass-amateurisation-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-714 Phil Sturgeon Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:03:30 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/?p=809#comment-714 Right, and you clearly know what you are doing. Is that through Internet tutorials and experimentaion? I think I got carried away with a college rant and made my point badly. I don't believe the Internet is the fault of so many amature developers as it actually helps them a lot. I think the only problem is these days it is much easier for idiots to get online and share their content. The Internet isn't making more idiots, it's just helping us see their work easier. Shit developers have been around for years. They are either self taught or try to learn at colleg but useless coders are all around us and sadly as time goes on we'll see more and more of them. Right, and you clearly know what you are doing. Is that through Internet tutorials and experimentaion?

I think I got carried away with a college rant and made my point badly. I don’t believe the Internet is the fault of so many amature developers as it actually helps them a lot. I think the only problem is these days it is much easier for idiots to get online and share their content. The Internet isn’t making more idiots, it’s just helping us see their work easier.

Shit developers have been around for years. They are either self taught or try to learn at colleg but useless coders are all around us and sadly as time goes on we’ll see more and more of them.

]]> By: Dion Moult http://thinkmoult.com/2009/07/28/mass-amateurisation-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-712 Dion Moult Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:45:49 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/?p=809#comment-712 Phil, I'm 16. Phil, I’m 16.

]]> By: Phil Sturgeon http://thinkmoult.com/2009/07/28/mass-amateurisation-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-710 Phil Sturgeon Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:39:42 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/?p=809#comment-710 I have to agree Dion. I went to college to study HND Computing after being a self-taught programmer for several years. The idea was to fill in the gaps of my knowledge and hopefully meet clever people in my area with similar interests. Turns out that the vast majority of students in my class were f**king useless at programming. Fair enough, they had not been learning for years, but these guys left college to seek employment and most of them couldn't even understand what an array was, let alone begin to think about OOP or even basic functions. Towards the end of my college course I set up a web-development studio which heavily used freelancers to complete projects. The kicker of it all is that a 14yr old Indian kid and a few young Chinese developers ran circles around all of the guys that were now "Higher National Diploma" holding students who were all of to uni to get a degree, or out into the real world of development. It scares the sh*t out of me sometimes... I have to agree Dion. I went to college to study HND Computing after being a self-taught programmer for several years. The idea was to fill in the gaps of my knowledge and hopefully meet clever people in my area with similar interests.

Turns out that the vast majority of students in my class were f**king useless at programming. Fair enough, they had not been learning for years, but these guys left college to seek employment and most of them couldn’t even understand what an array was, let alone begin to think about OOP or even basic functions.

Towards the end of my college course I set up a web-development studio which heavily used freelancers to complete projects. The kicker of it all is that a 14yr old Indian kid and a few young Chinese developers ran circles around all of the guys that were now “Higher National Diploma” holding students who were all of to uni to get a degree, or out into the real world of development.

It scares the sh*t out of me sometimes…

]]> By: Dion Moult http://thinkmoult.com/2009/07/28/mass-amateurisation-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-708 Dion Moult Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:00:31 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/?p=809#comment-708 Reyn, thanks for your input and throughout the past two days I have indeed chatted more with him and I am truly shocked with what he knows. To say he knows more than most of my school is an understatement - he probably knows more than everybody else in my school that is a student (myself being a humble exception). Also, nice website :) Reyn, thanks for your input and throughout the past two days I have indeed chatted more with him and I am truly shocked with what he knows. To say he knows more than most of my school is an understatement – he probably knows more than everybody else in my school that is a student (myself being a humble exception).

Also, nice website :)

]]> By: Reyn http://thinkmoult.com/2009/07/28/mass-amateurisation-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-707 Reyn Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:18:39 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/?p=809#comment-707 Setting "mass amateurization" aside, I really found your post very interesting and attention-grabbing. I would have laughed my ass off and conversed further with "P" if I were you. Even kids here in my place (Philippines) often have "technology secrets" that they acquire through plain browsing and playing around on the web. I wouldn't blame them for their gained thoughts, as a matter of fact, it's quite an advantage, and an impressive one I might say. I could never imagine the generation two decades from now. My grandson (though that's a far-fetched idea yet), could be tinkering his own coded-from-scratch robot and whatever mechanism and intelligent has been put into it. Who knows? Nice post. Really amazing kid. ^_^ -Reyn Setting “mass amateurization” aside, I really found your post very interesting and attention-grabbing. I would have laughed my ass off and conversed further with “P” if I were you. Even kids here in my place (Philippines) often have “technology secrets” that they acquire through plain browsing and playing around on the web. I wouldn’t blame them for their gained thoughts, as a matter of fact, it’s quite an advantage, and an impressive one I might say. I could never imagine the generation two decades from now. My grandson (though that’s a far-fetched idea yet), could be tinkering his own coded-from-scratch robot and whatever mechanism and intelligent has been put into it. Who knows? Nice post. Really amazing kid. ^_^

-Reyn

]]> By: hari http://thinkmoult.com/2009/07/28/mass-amateurisation-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-706 hari Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:34:51 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/?p=809#comment-706 Well, I get your point. I was pointing out the negative aspects of the "mass amateurization". Yes, there are lots of positives that most people have internet access. The bad thing is that this has led to an explosion of spam as well, partly due to the popularity of the online medium and partly because most people who use the Internet are not aware of the security and privacy issues. Well, I get your point.

I was pointing out the negative aspects of the “mass amateurization”. Yes, there are lots of positives that most people have internet access. The bad thing is that this has led to an explosion of spam as well, partly due to the popularity of the online medium and partly because most people who use the Internet are not aware of the security and privacy issues.

]]> By: Dion Moult http://thinkmoult.com/2009/07/28/mass-amateurisation-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Dion Moult Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:18:06 +0000 http://thinkmoult.com/?p=809#comment-705 Hari, the point I was trying to make was that the internet is more open to people irrespective of their background - and enables them to learn anything and pretty much everything they want. Hari, the point I was trying to make was that the internet is more open to people irrespective of their background – and enables them to learn anything and pretty much everything they want.

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