Comments on: A Saturday Side Thought: How Much Is Too Much? http://scottgould.me/a-saturday-side-thought-how-much-is-too-much/ A thinking blog for thinking people Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:37:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: So What Do We *Do* With All This Information? http://scottgould.me/a-saturday-side-thought-how-much-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 So What Do We *Do* With All This Information? Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:33:44 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=987#comment-1239 [...] So how do you convince yourself to turn off the spigot of neverending knowledge?  How do you know when enough is enough? [...] [...] So how do you convince yourself to turn off the spigot of neverending knowledge?  How do you know when enough is enough? [...]

]]> By: Scott Gould http://scottgould.me/a-saturday-side-thought-how-much-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Scott Gould Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:29:18 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=987#comment-1177 Thanks Trey - together we're doing value adding stuff with #likeminds!<br><br>Good news on the client, and a rare situation in which people aren't overestimating.<br><br>I think what Hull would've agree with is that CLARITY is needed above just any old CONTENT - which is what I'm trying hard to bring Thanks Trey – together we're doing value adding stuff with #likeminds!

Good news on the client, and a rare situation in which people aren't overestimating.

I think what Hull would've agree with is that CLARITY is needed above just any old CONTENT – which is what I'm trying hard to bring

]]> By: treypennington http://scottgould.me/a-saturday-side-thought-how-much-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 treypennington Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:21:49 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=987#comment-1176 I'm sorry…what was that you were saying?<br><br>Just finished a client meeting. Through my questioning, we both realized he's DOING a whole lot more than he's TALKING about. Usually that's a good thing, but in his case, his doings are creating huge opportunities for others, and so the word needs to get out. He agreed and said, "We don't want to overload you with information; we just want to give you only what you need." <br><br>I told him, "pile it on; send me everything from everyone form everywhere all the time." I'm one of those crazy people who pull down as much data as I can and then have the systems in place to process, sort, categorize, digest, and distill into something useful. Seems like we don't really need to dial down communication as much as build the infrastructure (physical AND mental) to handle things.<br><br>Napolean Hill suggested there is significant value in categorizing knowledge. He wrote in the 1920s and 30s. I think Hill was be giddy about the opportunities afforded by the breadth of information, availability of knowledge, and the ability for the "mastermind" to make connections broadly across geographical, language, racial, and every other barrier.<br><br>So, Scott, you keep on writing, posting, and sharing. Then, have confidence that the people who need your knowledge, experience, inspiration, will find you. One things that's cool about the age we're living in: you can be a wildly successful publisher by meeting the needs of just a few. <br><br>Publish on. <br><a href="http://twitter.com/treypennington" rel="nofollow">Trey Pennington on Twitter</a> I'm sorry…what was that you were saying?

Just finished a client meeting. Through my questioning, we both realized he's DOING a whole lot more than he's TALKING about. Usually that's a good thing, but in his case, his doings are creating huge opportunities for others, and so the word needs to get out. He agreed and said, “We don't want to overload you with information; we just want to give you only what you need.”

I told him, “pile it on; send me everything from everyone form everywhere all the time.” I'm one of those crazy people who pull down as much data as I can and then have the systems in place to process, sort, categorize, digest, and distill into something useful. Seems like we don't really need to dial down communication as much as build the infrastructure (physical AND mental) to handle things.

Napolean Hill suggested there is significant value in categorizing knowledge. He wrote in the 1920s and 30s. I think Hill was be giddy about the opportunities afforded by the breadth of information, availability of knowledge, and the ability for the “mastermind” to make connections broadly across geographical, language, racial, and every other barrier.

So, Scott, you keep on writing, posting, and sharing. Then, have confidence that the people who need your knowledge, experience, inspiration, will find you. One things that's cool about the age we're living in: you can be a wildly successful publisher by meeting the needs of just a few.

Publish on.
Trey Pennington on Twitter

]]> By: Scott Gould http://scottgould.me/a-saturday-side-thought-how-much-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-1175 Scott Gould Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:51:09 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=987#comment-1175 Thank again for the support - I'll let you know how I do! Thank again for the support – I'll let you know how I do!

]]> By: Jeroen Hoekman http://scottgould.me/a-saturday-side-thought-how-much-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 Jeroen Hoekman Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:42:19 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=987#comment-1174 I think Martin makes a good point there. First of all, adding multimedia components certainly ads value, as most people like visual aids, but he is also right that most people will not click links within a blog. My idea is more writing an abstract and having one link at the end with something like "read the full story". I don´t know if it functions, but I will try it out myself to see what works better. By the way, your blogs do have a good (short) length indeed. I think Martin makes a good point there. First of all, adding multimedia components certainly ads value, as most people like visual aids, but he is also right that most people will not click links within a blog. My idea is more writing an abstract and having one link at the end with something like “read the full story”. I don´t know if it functions, but I will try it out myself to see what works better. By the way, your blogs do have a good (short) length indeed.

]]> By: Scott Gould http://scottgould.me/a-saturday-side-thought-how-much-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Scott Gould Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:54:24 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=987#comment-1173 Jeroen, I think like Martin said below, your point about writing an abstract and making every post 'self contained' is important. People rarely check everything else out, so the trick is to give them everything they need in one place.<br><br>I'll start doing this! Jeroen, I think like Martin said below, your point about writing an abstract and making every post 'self contained' is important. People rarely check everything else out, so the trick is to give them everything they need in one place.

I'll start doing this!

]]> By: JeroenHoekman http://scottgould.me/a-saturday-side-thought-how-much-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 JeroenHoekman Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:06:21 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=987#comment-1172 It is difficult to determine what is ok and what is too much. As people have no attention span anymore, short mesages will work better, but what if you cannot explain the story in a few sentences. That is why I likeTwitter. You give the message within 140 characters. It is easy to go through a lot of them and sift out the important ones. A link to the full blog is mostly available if you want to know the whole story or more about it.<br>In case of a blog you could do the same, like newspapers do, writing an abstract of the blog article and publishing that first. For some people this will be enough. Others, who want to know more about the background, reasons why, etc. can open the full blog.<br>Anyway, most people (including myself) do tend to write too much. A careful re-reading of the article usually allows you to rewrite it in a shorter version. It is difficult to determine what is ok and what is too much. As people have no attention span anymore, short mesages will work better, but what if you cannot explain the story in a few sentences. That is why I likeTwitter. You give the message within 140 characters. It is easy to go through a lot of them and sift out the important ones. A link to the full blog is mostly available if you want to know the whole story or more about it.
In case of a blog you could do the same, like newspapers do, writing an abstract of the blog article and publishing that first. For some people this will be enough. Others, who want to know more about the background, reasons why, etc. can open the full blog.
Anyway, most people (including myself) do tend to write too much. A careful re-reading of the article usually allows you to rewrite it in a shorter version.

]]> By: Scott Gould http://scottgould.me/a-saturday-side-thought-how-much-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 Scott Gould Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:10:58 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=987#comment-1171 Thanks mate - point made, and point taken! Thanks mate – point made, and point taken!

]]> By: Martin Howitt http://scottgould.me/a-saturday-side-thought-how-much-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-1170 Martin Howitt Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:10:00 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=987#comment-1170 ok, so I've had the advantage of having met you and heard you speak about some of this stuff. I can say quite categorically that you are many times as convincing in person as you are in a blog post. <br><br>Just a video of you speaking about one of your frameworks would therefore have 10x the impact that a blog post would do. You video-blog thing on why Twitter has to change was a great example of a low-tech, quick, personal approach that made a lasting change to the way I used the medium. ok, so I've had the advantage of having met you and heard you speak about some of this stuff. I can say quite categorically that you are many times as convincing in person as you are in a blog post.

Just a video of you speaking about one of your frameworks would therefore have 10x the impact that a blog post would do. You video-blog thing on why Twitter has to change was a great example of a low-tech, quick, personal approach that made a lasting change to the way I used the medium.

]]> By: Scott Gould http://scottgould.me/a-saturday-side-thought-how-much-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-1169 Scott Gould Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:47:53 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=987#comment-1169 Martin<br><br>Thank you *very* much for your thought out response. This is just the kind of feedback I need. Responses<br><br>1. Yes I need more display aids. I'm looking for someone to outsource these too as they take a long time!<br><br>2. Breaking up thoughts - what I tend to do is do 'series' as I progress the thought.<br><br>3. So, I'd sell one copy to you! I don't think a book is an option unless I have a bigger following.<br><br>4. This is an excellent point. I need to self-contain my ideas by summarised the thoughts leading up to the post. This is an area I can immediately fix - and your point is well made that people don't want to click other stuff. When I place a link, it should be because I want you to actually go there.<br><br>5. Yeah - might start doing these.<br><br>Thanks again - this is v helpful is refining what I'm about! Martin

Thank you *very* much for your thought out response. This is just the kind of feedback I need. Responses

1. Yes I need more display aids. I'm looking for someone to outsource these too as they take a long time!

2. Breaking up thoughts – what I tend to do is do 'series' as I progress the thought.

3. So, I'd sell one copy to you! I don't think a book is an option unless I have a bigger following.

4. This is an excellent point. I need to self-contain my ideas by summarised the thoughts leading up to the post. This is an area I can immediately fix – and your point is well made that people don't want to click other stuff. When I place a link, it should be because I want you to actually go there.

5. Yeah – might start doing these.

Thanks again – this is v helpful is refining what I'm about!

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