I agree it's weird. I also read his intro to ruby guide. I don't idolize him, but I respect him quite a lot. I think he earned said respect and to a point maybe

I agree it's weird. I also read his intro to ruby guide. I don't idolize him, but I respect him quite a lot. I think he earned said respect and to a point maybe even earned being idolized, not necessarily because he wrote an intro to ruby, but because the way he did such task was incredibly engaging and fun. I do have to accept that I also have an extremely weird sense of humor (which is based on my encyclopedic knowledge of trivial, useless, and completely irrelevant facts [...wait! I had something for this!] ), and therefore I can totally relate to his methods and tactics of expression. I posted the story for a reason though. In a world where we're reading about startup this and startup that boilerplate news over and over again, it's a bit refreshing to stop for a minute and get a small insight into the mind of a person who did quite a bit for the "community", and maybe -just maybe - get inspired to find an equally engaging and fun way to communicate to others whatever it is we can contribute to the distribution of knowledge and the further advancement of people's careers in the world of software development. Also: http://tryruby.org/ http://tryruby.org/