Or simply average. Welcome to the music business.
When a market such as the web inculcates wants what will work for the
average joe, mediocrity, or average, is the almost certain outcome.
Does this have to be the case? Unfortunately, yes. Almost every big
change in the comp-sci market as long as I can remember came about
because someone sat down to "simplify" or "dumb down" an existing
pervasive or soon to be pervasive aspect of that market. The choices
made in that process may be brilliant, but the results are that
mediocrities become "best practices".
len
Quoting Petite Abeille <>:
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> On Feb 2, 2012, at 4:12 PM, Michael Kay wrote:
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>> the relentless industry pursuit of mediocracy
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> In polite circles, mediocrity is known as "best practices":
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> http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-09-03/
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