Imagine this scenario… You walk into a library to find a book on programming in PHP. You head to the card catalogue (ok, if you are looking for a programming book, you are probably going to use the library’s computer to search, but work with me here) and start thumbing through the cards. You notice something odd. The cards are sorted by the base colour of the cover of the book. You look around for another index, perhaps based on subject matter, but only find one based on number of pages in the book.

If you are really determined, you wander through the bookshelves in hopes of finding the Computers, Programming section. Instead, you see Blue, Green, Red, Mauve, etc. . . . In despair, you drag yourself out the door and head for the nearest bookstore. At least they sell good, albeit expensive, coffee. Read More »