Nice article, but what's the deal with the title? I mean, his point is that patience is the secret of success-- the web doesn't really factor into his argument at all....
I think his point is that the web is no different from any other business, even if it looks like things happen much faster, in reality you have to keep working for a long time before things really go big.
Can someone tell me the difference between a tactic and a strategy? I thought that tactics were, by definition, specific short-term action points, and strategy was the big-picture long-term vision.
So then wouldn't his argument be true by definition?
tactic: a sequence of moves, almost always short and usually forced with a clear outcome in the short term.
strategy: a sequence of unforced moves designed to create a non-material advantage with no immediately clear outcome.
A tactic is something like pinning a piece and quickly bringing additional pieces to attack that piece in an effort to win a material advantage. The material advantage is an immediate and clear outcome.
A strategy is something like using a pawn structure to gain space. There is no immediately obvious advantage to gaining space, but the added flexibility will often enable (unforseen) material gains later in the match.
So then wouldn't his argument be true by definition?
He's not simply saying strategy takes longer than tactics, but that tactics accelerated by virtue of being online do not infer strategy accelerated likewise.
I agree but you possibly missed something. What I got from the piece is that with the addition of the web, you are required to see through a lot more confusing input likely to make you forget what you are really trying to accomplish.
It's because web has given people an attention span of a few minutes so if they don't accomplish anything in that time they just give up and wander awa...
Of course, I might be wrong :-)