Comments on: The Ham Sandwich, Web Development Analogy http://iamfrankstallone.com/blog/the-ham-sandwich-web-development-analogy/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:51:07 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jay Robinson http://iamfrankstallone.com/blog/the-ham-sandwich-web-development-analogy/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Jay Robinson Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:54:52 +0000 http://www.iamfrankstallone.com/?p=78#comment-8 Because the Web is such a nascent industry, we web people often create insightful analogies to explain the way web design works to others, or compare our tasks to those in other occupations. Just last night I used the concept of architects and finish carpenters to explain HTML vs CSS. I think it's pretty widespread. We should put together a website compiling all of them. Here's one that <a href="http://itslike.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">collects analogies</a> (not just related to the Web), curated by Dalas Verdugo. Because the Web is such a nascent industry, we web people often create insightful analogies to explain the way web design works to others, or compare our tasks to those in other occupations.

Just last night I used the concept of architects and finish carpenters to explain HTML vs CSS. I think it’s pretty widespread. We should put together a website compiling all of them. Here’s one that collects analogies (not just related to the Web), curated by Dalas Verdugo.

]]> By: Jay Robinson http://iamfrankstallone.com/blog/the-ham-sandwich-web-development-analogy/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Jay Robinson Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:44:33 +0000 http://www.iamfrankstallone.com/?p=78#comment-7 This is a funny article. I think the analogy could help a client understand, for instance, why they pay one guy to do the structure and another to do the styling. This is a funny article. I think the analogy could help a client understand, for instance, why they pay one guy to do the structure and another to do the styling.

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