Bookmark: "Seth's Blog: Trapped by tl;dr"

2014-01-08

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Seth's Blog: Trapped by tl;dr sethgodin.typepad.com

As a result, there’s too much noise, too much poorly written, overly written, defensively written and generally useless stuff cluttering your life.

Seth Godin’s manifesto against the prevailing snacking culture when it comes to publishing is a call for less fast carbs (of easily digestible content) and more carefully laid-out thinking and extensively crafted writing:

Please, give me something long (but make it worth my time.)

I'm Sebastian, Sociologist and Interaction Designer. This journal is mostly about bringing together social science and design for inclusive, privacy-focused, and sustainable "human-first" digital strategies. I also tend to a "digital garden" with carefully curated resources.

My occasionally sent email newsletter has all of the above, and there is of course also an RSS feed or my Mastodon/Fediverse profile.

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