https://pketh.org/dream-of-being-understood.html?hidden=true
read the finished blog post here
A dream of a world where we communicate better, not more. Communicate less and say more .
intro, the problem: to be understood
[x] it's always been a struggle and a lifelong endeavour to be understood. from as far back as i can recal
[x] we all want to judged/seen-by-others by what's on the inside, by what really matters to us
Ai
[] at least some of the AI hype is , oh finally I won't have to write for myself anymore. Writing is hard, because thinking is hard
cope w ai
cope w garbage writing. PM style if i write 5 pages of nonsense, maybe people won't realize that the 1 paragraph of actual content doesn't make sense (bc it wasn't thought through)
sources
for me it was either self-expression or self-depression
thinking/your mind is messy (and that's okay), making it not messy isn't the goal
twitter Qs
https://www.are.na/block/273487?hidden=true
before work happens -
[] — What are the design principles that inform your decision making?
taking out the gems and polishing them so other people can understand is
[] Linear text docs like this blogpost are the best medium for confident declarations but suck at capturing all the research and thinking work that take to get there
[] builds up a level of confidence, before you're ready to write
end game benefits
[] We can communicate better with each other by showing more of who we are
eg writing technical specs, writing manifestos
[] by Sharing the context and thinking behind decisions
spatial size constraint, no hiding/tucking/nesting
[blog] For Those Who Dream of Being Understood
https://pketh.org/dream-of-being-understood.html?hidden=true
read the finished blog post here
A dream of a world where we communicate better, not more. Communicate less and say more .
intro, the problem: to be understood
[x] it's always been a struggle and a lifelong endeavour to be understood. from as far back as i can recal
[x] we all want to judged/seen-by-others by what's on the inside, by what really matters to us
Ai
[] at least some of the AI hype is , oh finally I won't have to write for myself anymore. Writing is hard, because thinking is hard
cope w ai
cope w garbage writing. PM style if i write 5 pages of nonsense, maybe people won't realize that the 1 paragraph of actual content doesn't make sense (bc it wasn't thought through)
sources
for me it was either self-expression or self-depression
thinking/your mind is messy (and that's okay), making it not messy isn't the goal
twitter Qs
https://www.are.na/block/273487?hidden=true
before work happens -
[] — What are the design principles that inform your decision making?
taking out the gems and polishing them so other people can understand is
[] Linear text docs like this blogpost are the best medium for confident declarations but suck at capturing all the research and thinking work that take to get there
[] builds up a level of confidence, before you're ready to write
end game benefits
[] We can communicate better with each other by showing more of who we are
eg writing technical specs, writing manifestos
[] by Sharing the context and thinking behind decisions