thanks for the compliments! it's good to see people on HN reading my articles, because the meta-level thing i'm learning about my own writing style is that man

thanks for the compliments! it's good to see people on HN reading my articles, because the meta-level thing i'm learning about my own writing style is that many of my articles take on one extreme and over-simplified POV and just run with it. for instance, in this one, i take on the POV that there is a sharp divide between geeks and non-geeks, which as you pointed out, is far from true in real life. my other articles take on a similarly 1-D POV, mostly because it makes the writing process simpler ;) i find it pretty difficult to weave in all the subtleties of real-life into a page-long online article; it would just sound like a lot of "not wanting to step on anyone's toes". i suppose in the end it all comes down to whether readers agree with my (over-simplified) premise or not --- if so, then the tips somewhat make sense. if not, then there's no point in reading further :)