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建议 The silent majority
I had a great time on the West coast recently with stops in Santa Barbara and Palo Alto. What always surprises me at events like these is the huge number of people I meet that are doing cool things with Rails that I\\\\\\\'ve never heard of. The kind of people who are just really happy to be using Rails and happy to build businesses with it.
Most of them are not heavily involved with the community in the sense of always being in front of it. They\\\\\\\'re not the ones constantly commenting on the blogs. They\\\\\\\'re just enjoying working with the tools. That\\\\\\\'s a really refreshing sentiment.
It\\\\\\\'s easy for people to think that the interaction they witness on the web is a complete reflection of the world in general. Often it\\\\\\\'s quite the contrary. Which is why I so enjoy getting out of the web world and meeting people in the flesh. Hearing their stories, discussing their concerns, and sharing passions.
You can easily end up burning out on web participation because the loud minority twists your perception of what matters and who cares. But there\\\\\\\'s nothing like meeting people who tell you that working with Rails or listening to a talk or reading something you wrote either touched them, changed them, or made them move in a new direction. That\\\\\\\'s a big pay-off for getting involved with public sharing.
So thank you so very much to everyone who came up to me at any of the events out in California. It makes it all worth it to hear your stories. Keep on rocking with whatever it is that you\\\\\\\'re doing. Keep the passion and the optimism alive.
沉默的大多数
最近我在西海岸的圣塔芭芭拉和帕洛阿尔托度过了一段愉快的时光。那里很多人都用Rails在做着我从来没听说过的非常酷的事情，这让我感到十分的惊讶。这些人们只是单纯的喜欢使用Rails喜欢用它来建立他们的应用。
他们大多没有很深的卷入到Rails社区之中，但感觉上他们一定是社区中的佼佼者。他们也不经常在我的blog写评论。他们仅仅是喜欢用Rails这个工具。这真是一种让人耳目一新的感觉。
人们很容易理解由于网络的交互性，使网络是现实的一个倒影。但其实事情常常也并非如此。这就是为什么我如此喜欢走出网络和人们面对面的交流。听他们的故事，讨论他们所关心的并分享他们的热情。
你能够很简单的停止继续通过网络参与这一切，因为那些高调的少数派已经扭曲了你如何去认知什么是最重要的。但是没有什么比直接面对那些使用Rails或听你讲座和阅读你写的东西的人来得更直接，更能改变他们或让他们走向新的方向。这感觉就像直接给参与其中的他们发了巨额的薪水。
因此我非常感谢那些在各种活动之后走进我的加州的人们。非常值得听到你们的故事，坚持努力做你们正在做的事情并保持热情和乐观。
