> They don't read a lot of blogs, they never write blogs, they don't go to user groups, they don't tweet or facebook... So, the article alludes to a spectrum o

> They don't read a lot of blogs, they never write blogs, they don't go to user groups, they don't tweet or facebook... So, the article alludes to a spectrum of engagement, but uses a binary distinction (dark or not) as its driving metaphor which has created some cross-talk in the comments here. This is a bit unfortunate because other metaphorical humor in the "grey developer" spectrum lies in wait. (Not just grey beards, grey matter brain stuff, etc.). Two of the comments to his blog (spelling "grey" both ways, lol) mention this. Of course, even referring to it as a one-dimensional "spectrum" obscures the complexity that it is surely multi-dimensional, and indeed my quoted comment begins to enumerate independent axes.