{"id":144,"date":"2003-08-17T10:42:17","date_gmt":"2003-08-17T10:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=144"},"modified":"2016-08-28T11:27:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T11:27:40","slug":"thinking-in-the-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"Thinking In The Box"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
CODER<\/b>
\nIN A BOX<\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Coders\/programmers\/developers<\/b> are not the only people who think inside the box. They’re not the only ones limited to constraints.<\/p>\n

Writers<\/b> too, have limits. They can’t write about too sensitive issues. They have to write stuff the target audience reads, not some obscure thing.<\/p>\n

Marketing<\/b> people who get sponsors aren’t supposed to get any small-timer. Contracts are also limited to the terms of the company and relevance of sponsorship.<\/p>\n

Designers<\/b> have to stick to branding issues. Color, shape, required text – all that limits whatever effects one can put creatively. Not to mention usability and the ability to expand, especially with website layouts – backgrounds should be able to stretch!<\/p>\n

It is a pity then, when people assume coders are a boxed lot. Perhaps it is because no one but the coders will understand their constraints. It’s also ironic because all the constraints, except the coders, are probably set by management.<\/p>\n

Lots of coders are creative, too. Heck, I make 3D Plugin Player Models<\/b><\/a> and maps for computer games. Heck, I designed my own website. (Never mind that it hasn’t changed for a long time…) Heck, I write modified lyrics<\/b><\/a>, poetry and sonnets. Heck, I write articles not revolving around computers. Heck, I play the guitar.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I feel that a coder knows even more about the bone-crushing gravity of the situation than a code-illiterate staring at the lines and going, “Whoa, I’m feeling giddy.<\/i>”<\/p>\n

That’s it for today! Till another opinionated feeling comes along, you’ll have to make do with daily I-did-this<\/i> reports. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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