Comments on: Challenge of the Day: Less Sound, Less Fury http://gigaom.com/2007/11/07/challenge-of-the-day-less-sound-less-fury/ Business, Internet, Technology & Strategy Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:06:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Eliza Amos http://gigaom.com/2007/11/07/challenge-of-the-day-less-sound-less-fury/#comment-874416 Eliza Amos Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:13:21 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/07/challenge-of-the-day-less-sound-less-fury/#comment-874416 Shakespeare must have been a big proponent of this idea. It was in Hamlet that Lord Polonius noted that "brevity is the soul of wit". I have to smile when I read the quote in context, and read the quibbling above: "This business is well ended. My liege, and madam, to expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time, Were nothing but to waste night, day and time. Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief: your noble son is mad: Mad call I it; for, to define true madness, What is't but to be nothing else but mad? But let that go." Shakespeare must have been a big proponent of this idea. It was in Hamlet that Lord Polonius noted that “brevity is the soul of wit”.

I have to smile when I read the quote in context, and read the quibbling above:

“This business is well ended.
My liege, and madam, to expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is,
Why day is day, night night, and time is time,
Were nothing but to waste night, day and time.
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief: your noble son is mad:
Mad call I it; for, to define true madness,
What is’t but to be nothing else but mad?
But let that go.”

]]> By: Cathy Brooks http://gigaom.com/2007/11/07/challenge-of-the-day-less-sound-less-fury/#comment-874413 Cathy Brooks Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:52:48 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/07/challenge-of-the-day-less-sound-less-fury/#comment-874413 After reading this post and perusing Leo's perspective I must offer a hearty "AMEN BROTHER!" ... Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you should and I think all too often today's digitally enabled individuals fail to remember a simple concept - less is more. After reading this post and perusing Leo’s perspective I must offer a hearty “AMEN BROTHER!” … Just because you CAN do something, doesn’t mean you should and I think all too often today’s digitally enabled individuals fail to remember a simple concept – less is more.

]]> By: Carleen Hawn http://gigaom.com/2007/11/07/challenge-of-the-day-less-sound-less-fury/#comment-874414 Carleen Hawn Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:22:28 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/07/challenge-of-the-day-less-sound-less-fury/#comment-874414 David, lighten up! Pretentious? That could be the "pot calling kettle black"! Come on, It just isn't possible that every message you send is important. (We're glad, however, that you thought this one was worthwhile -- and we're happy to have it.) But Leo's not judging anyone, he's just making a point. Do you work at Twitter? David, lighten up! Pretentious? That could be the “pot calling kettle black”! Come on, It just isn’t possible that every message you send is important. (We’re glad, however, that you thought this one was worthwhile — and we’re happy to have it.) But Leo’s not judging anyone, he’s just making a point. Do you work at Twitter?

]]> By: David Blanar http://gigaom.com/2007/11/07/challenge-of-the-day-less-sound-less-fury/#comment-874415 David Blanar Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:54:55 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/11/07/challenge-of-the-day-less-sound-less-fury/#comment-874415 This is silly. Aside from the fact it is incredibly pretentious and self-aggrandizing, Babauta's post is projecting his own failings/insecurities/frustrations upon the rest of us without any justification or, indeed, logic. I applaud him for evaluating his communication for relevance and wish him well in taking a 'step back' in his own life. Macbeth notwithstanding, I think the rest of us can make our own, less insulting, assessment. "Find new ways to communicate the essential, not the noise." What the ...? Written without a hint of irony, this piece of rhetorical nonsense is exactly the kind of piffle I would expect Babauta to redact before hitting the publish button. Blech. This is silly.

Aside from the fact it is incredibly pretentious and self-aggrandizing, Babauta’s post is projecting his own failings/insecurities/frustrations upon the rest of us without any justification or, indeed, logic.

I applaud him for evaluating his communication for relevance and wish him well in taking a ’step back’ in his own life. Macbeth notwithstanding, I think the rest of us can make our own, less insulting, assessment.

“Find new ways to communicate the essential, not the noise.”
What the …? Written without a hint of irony, this piece of rhetorical nonsense is exactly the kind of piffle I would expect Babauta to redact before hitting the publish button. Blech.

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