Wired has a very short interview with Bart Kosko about his new book, Noise [amazon]. The book won't be out for several weeks, so I'm just going on the interview here, but Kosko's main premise is that many types of noise are productive rather than detrimental (in nanotech, digital photography, and environmental background noise). All of which makes sense to me. I usually work on complex projects with very loud music on in the background; I think it keeps me from getting bogged down.
There are, apparently, no commas in Kosko's book. According to the interview, the slow people down. I couldn't tell if he was joking or not, since his comments seem at odds with the premise of the book.
Commas are a kind of channel noise. You’re not getting to the verb fast enough. Why make us wait? The comma is on its way out. Use small words.
[via boing boing]
Posted by johndanseven at July 29, 2006 10:12 PM | TrackBack