【碎碎念】無聊的抱怨
坐在資策會的教室裡,聽著台上的講師對 HTML(超文件標記語言)和 CSS(串接樣式表)的介紹,我承認自己開始不耐煩了。不只是因為這兩個正好是我的吃飯傢伙,更是因為我花錢花時間來學的明明是 JavaScript,為什麼要給我半生不熟的 HTML 和 CSS?
時間拉回到數週前。偶然看到一篇網路工作者的自省:
"Sometimes, the previous guy will actually have done a few things wrong, and sometimes he may have completely effed your car up beyond all recognition. It happens. But most of the time, he did the best job he thought he could, maybe he didn't have all the experience in the world but he learned, he read books, he asked people, he tried his best.
"And where does the world stand on the car mechanic? As far away as possible in general, car mechanics are only slightly higher in public trust levels than car salesmen, and worse - they know it. I have a couple of mechanic friends, and they're the first to admit that the biggest problem they face is gaining a customer's trust." -- "Web Mechanics or Web Masters?" Michael King, evolt.org
技術致勝。但是,在自我膨脹的背後,是應該要正視的事實:我們是不被尊重的知識藍領、是不知自重的網路技工,從事的是月領不到四萬的高科技手工業。
生物演化不是為了演化本身,而是為了生存。技術只是工具;網路的本質並未改變:任何一張網頁,都是原始碼、伺服器、瀏覽器之間的溝通。任何一個網站,都是站方和使用者之間的溝通。任何一個專案,都是客戶、專案經理人、工作團隊之間的溝通。網路存在的意義、網路生存的方式,就是溝通。
偏偏溝通多半都沒好事。電子郵件會寄丟、網頁會走位、網站會當掉、使用者會抱怨、客戶會囉唆、同事會爭執、主管會盯人。於是網路人迷失;我們曾經引以為傲的武器,如今卻成為阻礙自己的絆腳石。
傾聽需求所在,而不是需求者所言。使用同樣的通訊協定,才有對話的可能。和老舊的版本溝通時,更需注意向後支援性和語法的嚴謹。期許自己成為真正的網路人──天知道那是什麼!