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marco:

David Cole’s post today (via Meaghan) is incredibly clever. And not just because he mentions me in the middle.

I love his points, and I think both web content producers and game designers can learn a lot from this simple, effective, thought-provoking piece.

I’m late on this, but I loved the format this is written in. It was so satisfying to click away at the sections. It also felt less sequential than ordinary writing, in a good way. I enjoyed the freedom of feeling like I could read almost any section next without losing context. I’d have no idea how to organize a page like this, but it seems like a tool you could easily build into any blogging platform.

The other point he makes:

Limited run blogs are another rare for mat. It’s counter to professional blogging culture to let go of an audience but television has demonstrated how engaging a finale can be.

…is a brilliant insight, and a reminder that this medium is still young. My film-major buddy, Hurwitz, told me one time about how movie making technology existed for years before people settled on the standard of making two hours narratives.

I’d like to see “choose your own adventure” writing. I’d like to see scattered thoughts on a page with checkboxes. I’d like to see blogs that end. Twitter was the last big innovation in the space to catch fire, but this was a fun reminder that the evolution will continue.