Seth Godin challenges the claim that working for a company doesn't make responsible for the company's actions. Especially on point is his remark, “Do you really think someone who worked for Bernie Madoff will go far with this line? ‘I'm not Bernie, I just worked with him every day and took a great salary when times were good...’”

Chris Messina critiques his recent approach to technology evangelism and finds he hasn't been living up to his “this can all be made better” mantra.

Manu Sporny proposes significant changes to the structure of the HTML5 spec and working groups. By breaking the text into small pieces, he hopes that smaller groups can make better progress and focus on what they do best.

Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman talk about the myth of the genius programmer, how programmers' insecurities lead to worse code.

by Howard Gossage

by Chris Messina

by Paul Graham