Thought stream - Ilya Grigorik

Why is it so difficult for people to get to the point? Certainly it’s not a lack of examples: We are constantly bombarded by sound bites and tweets, all of which convey short bursts of focused information. Yet the skill to turn a “presentation” into a “tweet” remains elusive for many. Let me suggest two largely unconscious reasons for this recurring pattern: Too much data and too little self-confidence.