Wednesday, April 10, 2002

I'm seeing more "instant outlines" (or whatever you call them) on Radio blogs. Sean Gallagher and John Robb have posted them, and I could have sworn Dave Winer posted one too, but I can't find it again (see why we need RDF metadata in blogs?). I don't know about you, but I find these annoying and useless. An outline is missing all sorts of contextual information, semantic connotations, and any number of other dimensions of meaning that language has evolved to convey. Sure, use outlines as a writing tool if it works for you, but don't publish your outlines; try to put a little effort into it whydontcha? I sincerely hope attempting to communicate via outline doesn't catch on; we already have to suffer through interminable and excruciating PowerPoint presentations. 9:08:49 PM

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