Blog Revision Policy (12/12/24)

By Adam Privett

 

I will not try to synthesize new information inserted into my previous posts any longer.  I will put all my new ideas at the bottom of the relevant blog with a corresponding marker (if necessary) to refer to the idea in context (an endnote).  That way you don't have to re-read my posts to get to the new stuff.  This new policy will take effect on 5/12/22.

This policy will not apply to word substitution or grammatical considerations.  This will apply primarily to idea generation.  

"Ship and Iterate!"

**I'm biased to think that 90% of what I say is gold, and the other 10% is shit (elements of the whole that require reexamination for varying reasons [redundancy, misarticulation, miscomprehension, etc.]; hence why I'll often revisit these work refinements).  But as How Google Works puts it: "Ship and iterate."  So cherry-pick astutely...and be on the lookout for updates!

I try to approach my posts with the aim to both teach and to entertain .  As Marcus Aurelius somewhat-ly said, "we have a duty show good humor and not a proud air."  

The symbol *$* will be utilized to reference a stand-alone comment or information that I'm too lazy to synthesize.    

* = Where revision is made 

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