[squeak-dev] Re: offtopic: "small talk" (was "Hydra's name")
Bert Freudenberg
bert at freudenbergs.de
Thu Jul 3 18:46:08 UTC 2008
Am 03.07.2008 um 20:32 schrieb Craig Latta:
>
> > Hehe - but it's the very definition of geeks/nerds to lack "social
> > skills", they have a hard time doing small talk, they feel chatting
> > about irrelevant things is a waste of time. Hence the word has a
> > negative taste in these circles. And the percentage of them among
> > computer professional is higher than average.
>
> Heh, that may also be true, but I wasn't talking about those
> people. :) And I'm not saying that striking up a conversation with
> people about superficial things isn't an important skill, I'm saying
> that most people, geeks or otherwise, find it annoying and would
> prefer to engage in meaningful discussion. Surely the geeks here can
> find plenty of URLs to support this. :)
>
> But apparently we disagree, probably best to leave it there. :)
> I've spoken my peace: "Smalltalk" is an awful name.
How does "Squeak" stack up then?
*ducks and runs*
- Bert -
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