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Projection [WebTech]

Finally the realisation dawns. I should have spotted it earlier, the behaviour psychologists call 'projection' - where you attribute to others (usually your perceived 'enemies') your own thoughts and actions. The phenomenon is frequently seen in the corporate actions of Microsoft (no, I'm not criticising the individuals - Robert and Dare can relax...) as I have mentioned before.

But today's article in The Register, where Andrew O says bloggers are behaving like teenage girls, finally discloses what should have been as plain as my nose - that Andrew is one of the original bloggers, writing in a group blog called 'The Register', wounded by the fact that all the newcomers have failed to realise he has a heritage and a readership that makes Searles and Weinberger look like marginalia. Heck, they even have an RSS feed (even if it lacks the full content - hey guys, we don't want to rip you off, we just want to read your stuff the modern way). So let's be gentle, now, and start a fund to pay for therapy and software licenses.

posted at 2:47 PM (UK) | |