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Dani, That was really amazing and I learned a lot. A thought on presentation - I've got a longer attention span and more endurance than the average blog reader

Dani, That was really amazing and I learned a lot. A thought on presentation - I've got a longer attention span and more endurance than the average blog reader, I am rather completely fascinated by this topic and it's directly relevant to me, and yet I had a hard time getting through that entire post in one sitting. It required an awful lot of thinking on one unified theme (how law shapes the business landscape), but all the examples were stand alone and thought provoking in and of themselves. I wonder if a three part series might not get more readers reading all the points, more exposure, and more knowledge spread. But that's a presentation point only, cheers for the very fascinating, incredibly well researched and presented piece. The regulation tying profits to return on capital and inability to store surplus power strikes me as particularly crazy.

thaumaturgy 17y ago
I initially just downvoted you, but reconsidered and thought I'd reply instead. No. Please do not split up essays like this one to benefit the ever-disappearing attention span of the average reader. There's an important difference between something being as long as it needs to be, and something being long for the sake of filling space. The presentation on this was just fine.
DaniFong 17y ago
I was worried about this a little bit. To be honest the major problem was that I did not have time to make it shorter! I wrote this in a single sitting, starting at 9:20pm and ending after 4:00am. Near dawn. I simply wanted to get it out there... I'll put some effort in the future to distilling the argument and contracting the post. For now, at least it's available.
- Psyonic 17y ago
  I'm no expert on the best way to get readers, but I felt the article was extremely well written. It honestly felt like it belonged in a publication.
  - thaumaturgy 17y ago
    ...which is the way I (for one) would really like to see more "blogging" go, and is a large part of why I'm so vehemently against cutting up the rare essay like this one for the sake of the video game generation.
    - Psyonic 17y ago
      I'm with you on that. If everyone presented their opinions with as much thought and research as she has here, we'd all be a lot more informed.
- ssp 17y ago
  It seemed to me that the regulation and patent parts could have been two separate posts. In any case, it was really interesting.

thaumaturgy 17y ago

I initially just downvoted you, but reconsidered and thought I'd reply instead. No. Please do not split up essays like this one to benefit the ever-disappearing attention span of the average reader. There's an important difference between something being as long as it needs to be, and something being long for the sake of filling space. The presentation on this was just fine.

DaniFong 17y ago

I was worried about this a little bit. To be honest the major problem was that I did not have time to make it shorter! I wrote this in a single sitting, starting at 9:20pm and ending after 4:00am. Near dawn. I simply wanted to get it out there... I'll put some effort in the future to distilling the argument and contracting the post. For now, at least it's available.

Psyonic 17y ago
I'm no expert on the best way to get readers, but I felt the article was extremely well written. It honestly felt like it belonged in a publication.
- thaumaturgy 17y ago
  ...which is the way I (for one) would really like to see more "blogging" go, and is a large part of why I'm so vehemently against cutting up the rare essay like this one for the sake of the video game generation.
  - Psyonic 17y ago
    I'm with you on that. If everyone presented their opinions with as much thought and research as she has here, we'd all be a lot more informed.
ssp 17y ago
It seemed to me that the regulation and patent parts could have been two separate posts. In any case, it was really interesting.