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Ask HN: NaNoWriMo?
I'm curious what Hacker News thinks of this. A total waste of time? A valuable exercise in creativity?
Just for the record, I did it a few years ago, and I'm participating this year as well. And it does take away from the time I spend on this site...
- michael_h 17y agoFor those who, like me, have no idea what's going on here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/ http://www.nanowrimo.org/ - National Novel Writing Month.
- run4yourlives 17y agoNaNoWriMo is like running linux on your PC. It's great if you have enough time to dedicate to the project and you'll certainly get a lot out of it. But if you don't have a good amount of free time, it's best to avoid.
- eru 17y agoYes, PC should be better left alone. There are a huge sink of time. Even with Linux on them --- where you do not lose as much time as with that other operating system --- you will still be much more productive with pen and paper.
- chromatic 17y agoMy company just published a book written for NaNoWriMo 2007: http://www.onyxneon.com/books/gigapolis/ http://www.onyxneon.com/books/gigapolis/ .