@paulg My favorite: Advanced Content Optimization SaaS platform providing workflow, discovery and engagement solutions to drive monetization
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@GretenDave This is about 2/3 of YC applications.
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@paulg Even the words "said" and "thought" are in danger. Many under 30's would probably say 'Picasso was like "After Altamira..." ' -
@rc0rc0 Interesting problem. I think the answer is that they'd be better off with that than whatever more formal version they produced.
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@paulg@nicholasbs I think this is frustratingly wrong. you can do beautiful things in written language that are really hard to do speaking -
@paulg@nicholasbs and in the piece he dismisses that as only for poetry, which is definitely not true -
@colinmarc@nicholasbs No I don't. See the next sentence. -
@paulg@nicholasbs curious who you think qualifies to be in that handful. I took that to mean "not you, person who is reading this piece"
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@paulg this is why tweet storms are often better than blogs. Tweets use normal words. (Great post!)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg saw this quote today and thought it summed up the essay nicely. "If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it."pic.twitter.com/dOs6YKbXKb
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@paulg A hack I use: Write each sentence in a new line. It has to stand on its own. Remove if it doesn’t. Learnt frmhttp://www.amazon.com/Several-Short-Sentences-About-Writing/dp/0307279413 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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"Informal language is the athletic clothing of ideas." --
@paulg Perfect. Big overlap between those who look down at these two things. - 1 more reply
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@paulg good read- just covered Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" in class last week. Dif audience but holds true across paradigms -
@NaomiMusgrave@paulg incredibly potent piece, isn't referenced enough
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@paulg "Informal language is the athletic clothing of ideas." Nailed it. - 1 more reply
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@paulg yet another advantage is that it's much simpler for people who is not their mother tongue :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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