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joel

@jhooks

May 3, 2020

If naming things is so fuckin hard why isn’t Taxonomy taught in CS programs?

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Amy Hoy

@amyhoy

May 3, 2020

bc devs like to complain about things that are “arty” as if they’re witchcraft, so they can subtly denigrate it at the same time … not unlike design or aesthetics or marketing

joel

@jhooks

May 3, 2020

You know what’s up. It’s a shame. I think about how to package it sometimes like a pill in cheese :) Did you see

@Mappletons

cognitive metaphor talk? Delightful. joelhooks.com/react-potato-p

Amy Hoy

@amyhoy

May 3, 2020

i did not but i want to!! i’ve been in the place where i literally couldn’t take any more inputs but i saw her tweet thread go by with great interest

joel

@jhooks

May 3, 2020

We are going to publish an extended version soon but it’s an instant classic and right in your wheelhouse I think.

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Don't worry, wait for 2.0 - lots of metaphor nerd content had to be trimmed off the first one 2x the cognitive metaphor theory in the next round.

7:05 PM · May 3, 2020TweetDeck

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