On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, John Sechrest wrote:
> Eugene Eric Kim <eekim@blueoxen.org> writes:
> % Discourage discursive discussions. Encourage refactoring. Discourage
> % the tyranny of the vocal. If you're in sync with other people's
> % rhythms on a mailing list, and if you're a fast writer, then traffic
> % bursts can generate a lot of energy, resulting in lots of posts. It
> % can also drive away people who are slower writers or who have
> % different e-mail rhythms or simply less time.
>
> I think you need to consider the myers-briggs types in this.
> For the extrovert type, this will be hell. For the introvert type,
> this will be a blessing.
>
> Any chance you are an introvert underneath it all? (01)
I think you're limiting the definitions of introvert and
extrovert incorrectly. I usually test INTP (hello, welcome to the
club; being INTP, I get to claim that I'm _special_, wee ha!) but
get me in the mood and I'll beat the shit out of this list. (02)
Try the first paragraph on this page: (03)
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2003/03/rauch.htm (04)
(The purple slurple bookmarklet failed to work on this page.) (05)
If you happened to be at the BlueOxen launch party last April, I
identify with that paragraph. (06)
I like Eugene's idea very much. Letter writing is a considered
art. It encourages reflection and evaluation above reaction. (07)
> Synthesis is good if it has a return on investment. Synthesis for
> synthesis sake is just meditation in the dark. (08)
What!? Synthesis is the main thing that matters if you are trying
to learn, I would think? See: (09)
http://purpleslurple.net/ps.php?theurl=http://www.burningchrome.com:8000/~cdent/sliswarp/scope/index.cgi#purp107 (010)
http://purpleslurple.net/ps.php?theurl=http://www.burningchrome.com:8000/~cdent/sliswarp/scope/index.cgi#purp149 (011)
(Sorry for pointing to so much of my own stuff lately, but I'm in
the process of trying to refactor and summarize some of it, so it
is fresh in my mind.) (012)
Synthesis is the keystone to moving formward. (013)
> For me, the conversation is being thought out loud. And so refactoring
> is hard. I do refactoring when there is an incentive. Writing an
> article is an incentive. So I think that some form of publishing model
> is an alternative. (014)
Consider this: Modern Science started really moving when men of
letters started passing their letters around Europe. (015)
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