Comments on: sketching soapbox

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:30:57 +0000

I agree with melanie, it just feels like there is such a rush for written material. It feels like with the invention of the internet and email that everything has to be instant gratification. Quality is taken over by quantity. Words are replaced by acronyms and symbols, which I believe erodes away language and the proper use of words and grammar. All of it is to get out words and thoughts faster without really thinking it through what the words really mean. I am sure I am babbling myself, but I hope I get across what I am trying to say. I got your letter yesterday. Now I just need to track down some writing paper to write you back! Yvonnes last blog post..Technical Difficulties

By: Devorah

Devorah — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:36:01 +0000

This is one of the reasons why my blog went semi dormant -- not enough time to really think out a post. Go for quality, not quantity. Devorahs last blog post..Getting to Know Me

By: melanie

melanie — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:17:13 +0000

This is a wonderful post, one I’m going to think about for awhile before I try to respond.

My immediate response is that we may be afraid to hold back long enough to let things truly brew and simmer because so many others are just flinging *it* out there — whatever *it* is. The marketplace isn’t terribly discriminating these days. Speed and quantity rule. If you’re not a speed ‘n’ quantity type of gal, you have hard choices to make – and that’s what your post is about.

It’s especially hard for anyone involved in the online/automation/business world. The risk you run in stepping back for a moment is that your world is going to whoosh away & you might not catch up. I don’t know what to tell you, but I do understand.

(and let’s not even talk about notebooks…..)

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