Comments on: There are no blog how-tos for the hard stuff

By: Gater Snacks | caligater

Gater Snacks | caligater — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:12:11 +0000

[...] {Brain candy} Wordpost: “There are no blog how-tos for the hard stuff” [...]

By: Xlcango Xlcango

Xlcango Xlcango — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:17:07 +0000

I'm just concerned that when we lack depth in our conversations online, we make it too easy to “just join the conversation,” and never actually do anything.

By: Nathan Hangen

Nathan Hangen — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:36:02 +0000

Great point…it's hard to stay sane saying the same things over and over again.

By: Nathan Hangen

Nathan Hangen — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:32:29 +0000

This is brilliant. It highlights the social consumption engine being created, and why it's getting worse.

By: I Don't Know what I'm Doing | Nathan Hangen

I Don't Know what I'm Doing | Nathan Hangen — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:50:28 +0000

[...] to have all the answers is either covering it up for their own sake, or lying to earn a buck. There are no answers for the tough questions, and that’s why I’ve gone back to the [...]

By: cameronplommer

cameronplommer — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:41:08 +0000

I agree with your point. But, for beginners who are just learning about topic X, blog's a the best place to start, even before books. Books are too much of a commitment and make a topic seem too big a scary to tackle. Reading blog posts at your leisure is a good way for many people to START learning. Books and other ways of learning (doing) are then the next step, which is what you are talking about here.

Excellent stuff Andrew, as always.

By: Air-max-shop

Air-max-shop — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:27:27 +0000

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By: What I’m Reading | Econ Apps by Cameron Plommer

What I’m Reading | Econ Apps by Cameron Plommer — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:20:57 +0000

[...] There are no blog how-tos for the hard stuff But as wonderful as these resources and others like them are, their content is really only a distillation of a larger, more complex set of ideas. I won’t disagree that it takes a lot of mental work to reduce a complex issue to 500 words. But there is always something lost in that reduction process—nuances flattened, subtleties ignored. [...]

By: What I’ve Read In The Past Two Days | Cameron Plommer

What I’ve Read In The Past Two Days | Cameron Plommer — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:19:35 +0000

By: Andrew Swenson

Andrew Swenson — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:38:28 +0000

Thanks Mark. I said it before too, but this is a huge compliment coming from you. Have I ever told you that I really look up to you and your work?

Okay, enough sentimentality for a comment response.

But really, thanks.
-Andrew