Re:Flipping is Good. (aka Memo to Jason Fried: Sorry, You're...
by donaq on Sunday October 04, 2009 @11:46PM
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Style is an indicator of content. If someone uses five different colors and five different ways to emphasize text (I'm not exaggerating: count them) in the first few paragraphs of a blog post, then I expect the content to be equally lacking in thought.
Have your expectations ever been proven wrong? I try to keep an open mind and pay more attention to the message than the messenger. I must say it's given me a few pleasant surprises (because I am not a buddha and naturally still have prejudices).
Re:Flipping is Good. (aka Memo to Jason Fried: Sorry, You're...
by danielzarick on Sunday October 04, 2009 @03:35PM
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While I do agree that ridiculous colors and font sizes do lower the deemed quality, it doesn't hurt to hear similar statements, though slightly revised, from an adviser close to the company. If anything, his 'interesting points' help to keep us levelheaded after reading Jason's rally cry.
Style is an indicator of content. If someone uses five different colors and five different ways to emphasize text (I'm not exaggerating: count them) in the first few paragraphs of a blog post, then I expect the content to be equally lacking in thought.
These 'interesting points' have already been made a zillion times by a zillion different persons in the time since the Mint acquisition. Instead of shortly restating the argument, he seems to think he needs to repeat it a number of times in a row, with small variations. This certainly doesn't deserve the term 'essay'.