I wish I had not navigated to CNN today, but since I did, I feel I have to participate in the debate.

I don’t like the term Brogrammer, and here are my reasons.

1. It’s ambiguous, like “metrosexual” (remember that!?). Pretty soon, there will be quizzes on Facebook titled, “Are you a Brogrammer?”

2. Am I the only one that sees extroversion as the key distinction between a programmer and a brogrammer? Just seems that brogrammers like to hang out with people from beyond their highly technical fields.

3. By creating a generic label, we’ve eased the transition to intolerance (think N-word or “bible beater”). It facilitates the stereotype that extroverted programmers are all sexist, racist, and/or drunks.

C’mon bro, that’s not cool. Man.

Yes, I occasionally have to use Microsoft Access. Sometimes, this pain is self-inflicted. Ran into an error today that I had not seen before:

SELECT SomeField FROM ATable LEFT JOIN AnotherTable ON ATable.SomeField = AnotherTable.SomeField;

Cannot join on Memo, OLE, or Hyperlink Object (...)

The error message was spot-on, one of those join fields did happen to be a Memo-type field. It was only a minor annoyance. I attempted to convert the memo field to a regular ‘ole text field using the LEFT function.

SELECT SomeField FROM ATable LEFT JOIN AnotherTable ON ATable.SomeField = LEFT(AnotherTable.SomeField, 255);

And that worked.

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A friend went to my website today and had a few excellent comments. Although I often ask friends for feedback on my work, but I find that, like subatomic particles, their opinions change when prodded. But today, my friend’s comments were unsolicited. It’s my favorite kind of feedback, but very difficult to encourage and, sometimes for me, difficult to recognize.

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A Candidate Rises

About a month ago, we were approached by Barry Minoff, a referral in need of a website. He knew of the work we did for A & R Motorsports, liked the style, and needed a website for his election (he’s running for Constable in Denton County, Texas). It’s Barry’s first-ever run for political office, and we were proud to have the opportunity to help him in the process.

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We just launched Benchmark Building and Construction’s first website. Check it out here: http://www.bbctexas.com.

At Benchmark Building & Construction, our primary focus is quality custom buildings and light-to-medium industrial construction. Whether you are building a new workshop, a home, a commercial facelift, new restaurant, or even a small barn, we have the experience and the resources to get the job done right the first time.

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