Nov 15, 2009
Don’t just reiterate and imitate; respond and improve. Say your own thing!
Good communication isn’t mainly for repeating. It’s for listening to and incorporating into what you say.
You can quote me on that.
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but in order to avoid reiterating … i need a thesaurus.
Excellent concept, especially when taken deep enough.
I might even go far to say that I don’t so much care if you respond and improve, but do, please internalize and incorporate.
RT @abrahampiper Good communication isn’t mainly for repeating. It’s for listening to and incorporating into what you say.
Word.
Thus my distaste for the practice of retweeting.
One of my favorite blogs, Daring Fireball, has mastered this blogging technique that sparks a lot of interest:
Take a quote or two (maybe a paragraph at most), and quote it. Then, add some of your own commentary before and/or afterwards.
Encourage your readers to CLICK THROUGH instead of copying the whole article.
An aside to Justin Taylor, I’m starting to love your blog. I wish you would do this instead of quoting whole articles.