Proust

Posted by reverendmartian
Sep 7, 2012 at 01:06 PM

And the problem about outliers packing their bags and going elsewhere is ...what? You minimize the inconvenience they cause with their unselfconscious blather, for their posts are inserted in the midst of threads that are on topic, resulting in my endlessly scrolling down past their long posts to get to a forum member who has written something worth reading. I am also not complaining about length qua word count.On the contrary, I fondly recall an attorney on this forum writing an extensive and erudite post about using QRS software to work up a case for trial. The depth of the article caused me to think hard about features and limitations of QRS for my professional applications. To be sure, I read the posts on this forum to get a dose for my addiction to outliner software, but at the same time, I obtain essential information that enables me to work better.This attorney had lots to say; ergo the length of his post was appropriate.

Although I should think that I ought not have to expand on what I mean about “off-topic,” your post causes me to do so. On this forum, we have had extensive discussions about mind-mapping software, note-taking software, task-recording software, book-writing software, citation software, idea-generating software, bibliography software, spelling & grammar checking software, word processors, PIMs and other software related to thinking and writing. We have also had extensive discussions about the theories and principles underlying these products. We have also had some short tutorials about using this software. For example, I am awaiting your tutorial on using CT to code pdf files. Accordingly, a poster really has to move far afield to be off-topic on this forum.