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> So what should I do to multiply these keystrokes given that there is a finite number of those keystrokes left in my hands? I write a blog post and I mail him

> So what should I do to multiply these keystrokes given that there is a finite number of those keystrokes left in my hands? I write a blog post and I mail him the link. Then after I'm dead, my keystrokes multiple—every time I get a page view that's 5,000 keystrokes that I did not have to type. I don't see how I can apply this to my daily life. I've managed to whittle down most email to a few short sentences, but I can think of plenty of examples where I've written up intricate math notes and made them into blog posts that never got any page views because they were so hyper-specific.

natdempk 13y ago
Its just an investment that may pay off in time in the future. Say you need to explain how to do something to a friend, if you write it up and keep it somewhere you should never need to type out that same explanation again if you other friend needs it at any point in the future. For a bunch of stuff its useless, but for setting up systems, giving similar advice on a subject to multiple people, or teaching a concept it seems like a solid plan. Even if you just keep it in a text file and the public doesn't see it, it still saves you time.
themodelplumber 13y ago
>I can think of plenty of examples where I've written up intricate math notes and made them into blog posts that never got any page views because they were so hyper-specific He's probably talking about a certain set of topics that he knows are of general interest. With that said, if he could make them more interesting to the general public by adding a few lines of context, I'm sure he'd do that too.