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Why are none of the sentences capitalized? It makes it difficult to read (so I didn't finish it). What I did read wasn't very interesting anyway, so no big los

Why are none of the sentences capitalized? It makes it difficult to read (so I didn't finish it). What I did read wasn't very interesting anyway, so no big loss.

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- scotth 14y ago
  I for one agree with OP. The lack of capitalization made the article more difficult to read. For the record, I am not a brogrammer. Just a regular dude who's used to regular ol' English style standards.
  - briandear 14y ago
    You ought to look at his Keynotes. http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/how-to-pitch-a-vc-aka-startup-viagra-how-to-give-a-vc-a-hardon http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/how-to-pitch-a-vc-aka-s...
briandear 14y ago
davemcluredoesntcareaboutfontsorcapitalizationorwhatyouthink.
- briandear 14y ago
  The downvoters obviously don't know Dave.
  - rdl 14y ago
    Would he really say 12 words where one of them isn't "fuck", though?
    - briandear 14y ago
      Touché.
- bluedanieru 14y ago
  Dave McClure doesn't care about effective communication. Maybe his ideas are shit? I'll never know.
will_work4tears 14y ago
I'm probably the opposite of Dave in some ways. I was never held back, but while people always said I was "smart" I was far from a prodigy. I never skipped a grade, though I was never held back either but it came close a few times. I did the military and didn't go to college until I was 26. I also never programmed or did web development until I was closer to 30. I'm a huge failure in that regard, I'll never, ever be the top 5%. That said, at least I can follow 5th grade English conventions.
SethMurphy 14y ago
I find that people who don't capitalize, especially their names, tend to lack confidence in themselves. So in a way the lack of capitalization actually makes a point. The other reason may be that he sees capitalization as unnecessary as punctuation already performs the same task (akin to the JS semi colon debate.) Personally, I find it a bit arrogant to ignore such a basic grammar rule, but it does not bother me so much as to not read it. I would like to know his reasoning behind it.

Why are none of the sentences capitalized? It makes it difficult to read (so I didn't finish it). What I did read wasn't very interesting anyway, so no big loss.

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scotth 14y ago
I for one agree with OP. The lack of capitalization made the article more difficult to read. For the record, I am not a brogrammer. Just a regular dude who's used to regular ol' English style standards.
- briandear 14y ago
  You ought to look at his Keynotes. http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/how-to-pitch-a-vc-aka-startup-viagra-how-to-give-a-vc-a-hardon http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/how-to-pitch-a-vc-aka-s...

briandear 14y ago

davemcluredoesntcareaboutfontsorcapitalizationorwhatyouthink.

briandear 14y ago
The downvoters obviously don't know Dave.
- rdl 14y ago
  Would he really say 12 words where one of them isn't "fuck", though?
  - briandear 14y ago
    Touché.
bluedanieru 14y ago
Dave McClure doesn't care about effective communication. Maybe his ideas are shit? I'll never know.

will_work4tears 14y ago

I'm probably the opposite of Dave in some ways. I was never held back, but while people always said I was "smart" I was far from a prodigy. I never skipped a grade, though I was never held back either but it came close a few times. I did the military and didn't go to college until I was 26. I also never programmed or did web development until I was closer to 30. I'm a huge failure in that regard, I'll never, ever be the top 5%. That said, at least I can follow 5th grade English conventions.

SethMurphy 14y ago

I find that people who don't capitalize, especially their names, tend to lack confidence in themselves. So in a way the lack of capitalization actually makes a point. The other reason may be that he sees capitalization as unnecessary as punctuation already performs the same task (akin to the JS semi colon debate.) Personally, I find it a bit arrogant to ignore such a basic grammar rule, but it does not bother me so much as to not read it. I would like to know his reasoning behind it.