August 07, 2003

コラム

突然ですが、とある事情で Japan.Internet.Com にコラムを書くことになりました…

カテゴリーは「Webテクノロジー」という指定。ビジネス系のコラムは売るほどある(?)が、技術系のがないので、テクノロジーでやってくれ、と。

うーん、テクノロジーねぇ。しかし、ここしばらく、ろくにコードも書かずに契約書ばかり書いてる似非技術者に、いったい何を書けというのだ。しかも、「インターネットニュースサイト」の読者向け。

そもそも、ニュースサイトの読者って、どんな人?
「インターネットを使っている」「エンジニアも多いが、そうでない人のほうが多い」「IT関連情報に興味がある」「30代男性独身、車またはバイク所有、彼女いる率35%」
勝手にプロファイリングすると、こんなところかなぁ。

そんなわけで、(インターネットユーザー && !技術者) あたりをターゲットに、メール配送の仕組みを説明してみることにした。いや、Webテクノロジーというカテゴリなんだけどさ、Web の仕組みを書くのも、いまさらすぎるしなー、と思って。
(ただの天邪鬼という話もあるが)

しかし、久しぶりに RFC2822 を横目で見ながら書き始めてみると、なんか前説だけで本題に入らずに文字数制限になっちまった。えー、800文字程度って、本気で SMTP 説明するには少なすぎるっちゅーに。技術書じゃなくコラムなんだから、そこをさらっと面白く書くのが本当なんだろうけど、俺はコラムニストじゃなく(似非)技術者だってのー!

しかたないので、全3回ってことにして書き始めてみたが、当然おしまいまで書いて3回と決めたわけではないので、本当にこのサイズで収まるのかは謎。

でも、たいした文章量じゃなく、難しいこと書いてるわけでもないのに、仕事の合間に執筆するのって、結構大変。集中できるまとまった時間を作るのに、一番苦労する。どうしても昼間は割り込み入るし(splhigh() できりゃ幸せなんだが)、イベントドリブンだし、スケジューラのタイムスロットは知らないうちに埋まっていくし、細切れの30分とかで契約書レビューしなきゃいけないし ;-)

毎日コラム書いてる 田口さん とか 小橋さん とかは、確かに尊敬に値するな…。継続は力なり、というが、blog すら三ヶ月で更新頻度が落ちる三日坊主な俺にはマネできません。すごい。

まぁそんなわけで、次の締め切りまでに次回の原稿を書かなくちゃ。このエントリ書いてる時間があれば、原稿書けるだろ、てなツッコミは禁止でひとつ…。

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記事拝読させていただきました。Yahooにも転載されましたね。
丁寧で、わかりやすい解説になっていたと思います。
今後も期待しております。

Posted by: denka at August 8, 2003 02:12 AM

うわ、ありがとうございます…
Yahoo! はトップページの「トピックス」にタイトルが出た効果か、昨日の会社のサーバのアクセス数は、結構すごいことになってました。
その昔 Yahoo! に「アンケートに答えたらiMacプレゼント!」(時代がわかるな)なんてバナーを出したら、あっという間に回線の帯域を使いきって、夜中に慌ててアンケートページから画像を全部取っ払ったことを思い出しました。
やはりポータルってすごいなぁ。

Posted by: ryo at August 8, 2003 09:32 AM

ドーデモいいことなんですが、denka氏のページで野田の七夕祭りでのライブっつー話がでてまして読ませていただきましたですよ(あっちに書け
ナニを隠そう野田出身の私としては、あ、愛宕駅の改札だと一瞬でわかっちまってちょっと以下省略な感じ(w
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