OCTom (7/9/2014)
karthik babu (7/8/2014)
I agree with the author. No words for people who are not willing to share their ideas as they don't belong to this world. Are they sure about they haven't stole any ideas from anybody??The below lines applicable to anybody
"known is a drop.. unknown is an ocean"
The advantage of internet is sharing things to save our counterparts who might be in need of a valuable suggestion which will save him and his job and the other guy gets a satisfaction when somebody thanks from other part of the world.
Isn't that a bit harsh? I know several people who break out in sweats when asked to do a presentation. They have a real fear of public speaking. They also fear wrath if they contribute to a blog and make an error. I think that maybe a bit more compassion and understanding for those who don't contribute. You don't know why they are not contributing.
Tom
@OCTom - I completely understand that some people have a fear of public speaking, or think they don't write well, or just don't have time for one reason or another - I don't fault any of that, and as I mentioned my own blogging and presenting efforts slide up and down with my family's needs.
As to the fear of the wrath of others I have found quite the contrary - when I first started blogging on my site and then when I first was syndicated on SQL Server Central, I received some very friendly and helpful comments from some members of the #sqlfamily that I never though would ever have time to read my stuff...and that encouragement is what led to me writing the editorial that we are discussing 🙂
I don't want anyone to think that the point of this article is to say "if you don't blog and present then you aren't trying hard enough and are part of the problem" - far from it. However I do want to highlight the benefits (to my eye) of speaking and writing and call out those who think there is no point sharing because they want to hoard knowledge - as several posters have called out, there is very little original knowledge - almost everything you know was originally from someone else's original research and documentation.
So spread it around in whichever way you are comfortable - write, speak, even just help the person across from you in the cubes - it will help you as well!