tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37743050.post1597881637574311393..comments2024-02-14T00:36:21.567-08:00Comments on Brandnama: "I work for Question Mark"ananthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37743050.post-78921900385986251762007-02-28T07:56:00.000-08:002007-02-28T07:56:00.000-08:00nice to hear your take, john. i admit, i might hav...nice to hear your take, john. i admit, i might have made a mistake by labeling your blog as a software development site. sorry for the goof. will drop into your blog at leisure.ananthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37743050.post-22872402331429524902007-02-28T07:46:00.000-08:002007-02-28T07:46:00.000-08:00Hello Anantha - Open Parenthesis is actually my bl...Hello Anantha - <A HREF="http://www.openparenthesis.org/" REL="nofollow">Open Parenthesis</A> is actually my blog. <BR/><BR/>It's meant to bring together two key concepts that have dominated my professional career - writing and coding:<BR/><BR/>1. Parentheses in writing are often used to insert explanatory text not directly related to the main point (see <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parenthesis_%28rhetoric%29" REL="nofollow">the wikipedia entry</A>). (I did a PhD in literature & culture, and spent years teaching in a university English enviroment). <BR/><BR/>2. Parentheses in software development are used for a variety of reasons in different languages, but often they're used to pass parameters to functions (or ti indicate the parameters a function receives). (I've spent the last decade working in software development, specifically on the web). <BR/><BR/>The site's called "Open Parenthesis" (the singular of parentheses) because the idea is that the conversation is open ended. <BR/><BR/>It starts an explanatory insertion (like this one), but it can't yet be closed. <BR/><BR/>It resembles a function taking parameters, but we can't yet close the parentheses because we don't know yet what the possibilities are. <BR/><BR/>Finally, there's also the notion of "Open" because I'm focused on open source software, as well as open-ness and transparency of conversation in general. <BR/><BR/>Maybe I need to put this in a blog post on my own blog instead of a comment . . . <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link - <BR/><BR/>JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37743050.post-88476030338356678272007-02-28T00:21:00.000-08:002007-02-28T00:21:00.000-08:00yeah, slashdot might have just started the trend. ...yeah, slashdot might have just started the trend. there's a slashsupport in india.ananthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37743050.post-5048818205079318382007-02-27T19:11:00.000-08:002007-02-27T19:11:00.000-08:00I guess it all started with slashdot. What acolyte...I guess it all started with slashdot. What acolyte says is reflected in the 'news for nerds. stuff that matters site'.Subramaniam Avinashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854755090851944419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37743050.post-80590108676066770602007-02-27T18:56:00.000-08:002007-02-27T18:56:00.000-08:00That explains it, I guess. Good point.That explains it, I guess. Good point.ananthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15420791151760789453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37743050.post-47411022354815389312007-02-27T07:12:00.000-08:002007-02-27T07:12:00.000-08:00Not too surprising, actually. As a coder you're co...Not too surprising, actually. As a coder you're constantly looking at endless lines of code, amongst a lot of the characters will be... punctualization.Guy Siehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04797535170390902021noreply@blogger.com