[PragmaticPulp]

I sometimes struggle to condense my thoughts while speaking, which can make for some uninteresting long-winded stories if I’m not careful.

But it does get better with deliberate practice. Knowing the issue is half the battle.

To be candid, even this blog post was on the wordy side. I understand where the author was trying to go with the piece by the end, but it might have been more engaging if reduced to half the length or less. Being concise is important for making specific points.

[robfitz]

This is semi off-topic, but I normally write books, which I work pretty hard to edit down into the shortest versions of themselves.

As a weird side-effect of that, I noticed myself starting to hold all of my writing to that same standard, which was stopping me from putting out anything more off-the-cuff.

So part of my motivation with this site (which is only about a week old) was to frame it in a way, at least for myself, where I felt comfortable sharing the stuff-in-progress without worrying too much that it wasn't a finished book.

Which I guess is a long way to say that the rambliness is an intentional decision, since otherwise it wouldn't be doing the job (for me) that it was designed for. I already spend 20+ hours a week doing fairly utilitarian writing for my books, so this little site needs to be something different if I hope to stick with it. And in an ideal world, maybe a few other people will happen to enjoy some bits and pieces along the way :)

[cfcosta]

More often than I admit, I think about this quote by Mark Twain: "I apologize for such a long letter - I didn't have time to write a short one." You have to think about who's going to hear or listen to you, it's not just about being precise and descriptive.

[datameta]

"Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler." - Einstein

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Da Vinci

I had been exploring this idea in my codegolfing. For example: https://www.dwitter.net/d/15323

[loco5niner]

lol, codegolfing is the opposite of simplicity.

Although to be fair, the code you linked to is much more readable than I had anticipated.

[datameta]

well, you do bring up a good point. perhaps codegolfs are more succint rather than simple. the idea is more with less