Get to the point!
In No Resistance is Futile (A Brief Message), Paul Ford explores how short you can go when writing.
I am not sure that using a spreadsheet would work for me.
He recently did 6 words reviews of 763 songs from South by Southwest bands for The Morning News.
Having constraints such as a maximum number of characters to use forces you into multiple rewrites and in the process should make your thoughts clearer and concise.
Funny how after reading his piece , the previous entry Any Time is a Good Time to Save Time by Emily Gordon almost feels long.
A Brief Message is a great idea by Khoi Vinh and Liz Danzico.
Many meetings, conversations, projects could surely benefit from brevity.
Life is too short to be wasted!
Thanks to Signal vs Noise for bringing Paul's ideas to my attention.
Monday Work Etiquette #31
Previously: Can having Too many Ideas be Achilles' heel for Enterprising Minds?
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