William,
I just couldn't resist this wife's tale.<g>
Taking something complex and simplifying depends on more than making it
short.
There are a TON of assumptions that your readership has to understand to
"interpret" your simplicity, or for that matter, to even "get" where you
are.
It doesn't often matter what you say but what others hear and if it's
truly complex, then a "level" of understanding needs to be in place before
your simple ideas--mean what you intend.
Just a thought, sorry for budding in,
mike <lo@leadwise.com>
On Friday, November 07, 1997 8:48 AM, William Buxton wrote:
> Writing something short is a lot harder than
> writing something long.
>
> To make something simple, you really, really
> need to understand it.
--"Mike Jay" <Quarterback@classic.msn.com>
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