Re: Minimalism since 2000

["Mike Starr" <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>]

There are many who mistake minimalism for minimizing... reducing the amount 
of content for the sake of cost control. That's not my understanding of what 
minimalism is all about. My understanding is that minimalism is providing 
tight content without extraneous verbage and without unnecessary 
digressions.

But then again, I'm only minimally knowledgeable about minimalism <grin>.

Mike
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janoff, Steve" <Steve -dot- Janoff2 -at- Teradata -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:27 PM
Subject: RE: Minimalism since 2000


> The people who make jokes about minimalism are showing that they don't
> know what it is.
>
> Yes, it's a ripe word for puns, but the puns do not reflect what
> minimalism is about.
>
> I'm still interested in discussing the topic in a thoughtful manner.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve 

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