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Paid version of your podcast where you spend the time actually •editing• it and getting rid of all the dead wood and filler banter
Paid version of your YouTube channel where each of your 10-minute videos is a 200-word blog post
My pet peeve: people adding more and more and more content in the hope of eventually having a point. Has exactly the same problem as adding more and more code in the hope of eventually having no bugs.
I •want• to know what you think is important. I don’t need a meandering firehose; I have internet access already. If I’m listening to you, then your focus, your sense of where the heart of the matter sits, is likely •why• I’m listening.
@inthehands I feel like we need to condense Clemmin's famous phrase down to a koan or more clearly universal phrasing, since it applies so much.
'I am sorry about the length of this letter. If I had more time I would have written you a shorter one.'
@Oggie I’ve always loved that quote! I don’t know who Clemmin is…? The earliest attestation is Pascal, but it’s unclear whether he’s the originator:
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/28/shorter-letter/
@inthehands Sorry, Mark Twain, and apparently I butchered it-
'I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead'
( Samuel Clemens, I misspelled his last name too, on a roll today).
Edit- I am terrible on the phone. Meant to say that's who I have always seen it attributed to, but as your link makes it clear, kind of a who knows.
@inthehands As Mark Twain (supposedly) said, “I apologize for such a long letter - I didn't have time to write a short one.”
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7144975-i-apologize-for-such-a-long-letter---i-didn-t