1/ I've written one book from scratch, one from an email list archive, one from a blog series. Making a book is always an act of archival.
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4/ If you decide that only book-worthy (attention equivalent of "sponge-worthy"?) ideas are worth reading/writing, you miss out on 90%
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5/ Some conclude if it isn't in a dead tree and by a dead author, it's noise. That's rationalization of lack of skill with living knowledge
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@vgr I see same thing with ideas for journal articles. The distinction for me is bwtn writing as exploration and writing as communication. -
@vgr check out Weick on this, if you haven't already come across it. Very relevant I think. http://www.commerce.nccu.edu.tw/iacmr/file/Weick%20(1995)%20What%20Theory%20is%20Not%20Theorizing%20Is-9b.pdf …
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@vgr i.e. like software.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr That's why we probably need more funding models that don't require book closure.#PatronAge? - End of conversation
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@vgr I've heard even ideas for blog posts could become obsolete before you had time to sit down and write them up.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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