Interesting. Thanks! This is all good stuff! And I respect what merlyn has to say. Tremendously so! But don't particularly agree with that blog entry you pointed me to.
I don't think he meant to imply it was in any way self-demeaning to publicize one's learning process, simply that it was interesting that someone would take the time to document and publish that experience on the net. Although, in regard to blog entries, that's actually pretty common.
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