Size is the enemy: an oldie but a goodie

While googling my way around some strategy issues lately I rediscovered this 2007 post from Jeff Atwood which neatly sums up a few important things that have been factoring very large in my thinking lately:  Plus, I've spent the last 4 days in the madness that is Pax (shout out to all the great folks who came by the booths, by the way!) so I'm a little grumpy.

The reasons why are enumerated after the jump....  (Update 9/3) see below

Schadenfreude alert!

What does it say when a book titled Javascript:The Good Parts has a final chapter, "Beautiful Features", that's 3 pages long.

And is followed by a 7 page appendix titled "Awful Parts".

And another 7 page appendix titled "Bad Parts".