Sad phrase of the day

In the midst of Scott Heiferman's 50 Reasons Why More People Aren't Using Your Website, a list that ranges wryly between humor and truth, one reason in particular struck me as quite sad: "... because they can't think of what they're passionate about."

Toxic Evangelism

In one of the comments on a Rands In Repose article about context and version control, someone mentioned Arch. I've never used arch, but my only encounters with its supporters have ensured that I never will. They are an example of Toxic Evangelism -- a kind of support for something, that unwittingly reveals an utterly repulsive community attitude.