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Amy Hoy is a big proponent of bootstrapping. Her 30x500 class seems to rock (according to the sample materials she has out there), and she has some choice words

• joelhooks 15y ago
  I'm currently enjoying the 30x500 class. It certainly isn't free, but it is excellent.
• run4yourlives 15y ago
  Amy Hoy is a kick-ass writer.
• davidw 15y ago
  Rob Walling's "Start Small, Stay Small" is pretty good too, and has less gratuitous profanity.
  • mst 15y ago
    I think I'd argue that the profanity is for effect/emphasis, and to mark the post out as a rant - it's clearly (to me) being used intentionally as a writing technique. Which suggests 'gratuitous' is a harsher adjective than strictly requires, and may simply reflect that you aren't fond of profanity's use at all. I think either dropping the word entirely from your comment or perhaps replacing it with 'prolific', which would not only have been non-judegemental while still conveying the key point, but additionally alliterates nicely too. Or maybe I'm just overthinking this :)
    • davidw 15y ago
      "Gratuitous" is a judgment: profanity loses its shock value if you lace everything you say/write with it. I don't know if the rest of her writing is like that (my recollection is that it isn't), but this piece was too heavy on it. A well placed "fuck" can add a lot, if used judiciously, but it's the kind of thing where you only sit up and take notice of it due to its absence elsewhere.