[statictype]

Yegge's articles are interesting but they are also ridiculously long. He writes a thousand words when a hundred will suffice.

There's nothing wrong with that - Neal Stephenson has made a name for himself using that technique - but it's not for everyone.

I can imagine a lot of people who have a full inbox may not have time to go through every article written about them or every complaint made by an employee.

[Goladus]

Yeah the benefit is that Yegge's a good, humorous writer usually gets a large audience. "Hardened interface" still cracks me up. His point is usually fairly clear, and odds are good that plenty of other people will be capable of providing the executive summary.

[nimblegorilla]

I find his "points" muddied by all of the extra words. His typical essay starts out on a tangent and then slowly winds through some analogies tenuously related to a main theme. Sometimes I don't mind the long-winded essays, but I think almost all of his writing would be improved with a summary paragraph or two at the top.