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The US military frequently uses the abbreviation "BLUF" (Bottom Line Up Front) for the same purpose as TLDR at the beginning of an email. It's not like the ide
by pmorici 14y ago
The US military frequently uses the abbreviation "BLUF" (Bottom Line Up Front) for the same purpose as TLDR at the beginning of an email. It's not like the idea of tldr is some perversion born of the Internet.
- gpcz 14y agoOne of my favorite pieces on writing is "Effective Writing for Army Leaders," available at http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/army/p600_67.pdf http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/army/p600_67.pdf . They have hilarious side-by-side comparisons of poor and good writing, such as pg. 13 and 14 (pg. 7 and 8 by page number). I found this during a brevity kick I had after reading David Sirlin's "Writing Well."
- mjs 14y agoThat's pretty awesome! Although I think the elements of the "poor" example that draw attention to some potentially pertinent information shouldn't have been removed. (For example, the fact that the applicant is not mission-essential during a training cycle, and that given he has not previous cold-weather injuries, he may be less susceptible to them.)
- twodayslate 14y agoA lot of people won't even read an email unless it as a BLUF
- jrockway 14y agoSounds like the perfect time to slip in a clause in the form, "by not taking any action, you agree that..."