By Harry McCracken | Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 8:28 am
[NOTE: Response to Technologizer’s 5Words has been terrific, but many readers have told us that they think even five-word descriptions of stories are too wordy and wasteful. So as of today, we’re relaunching the feature as 1Word. Terse enough for ya? If not, we’d be happy to go to monosyllabic words. 0Words would be doable, too. Just let us know.]
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April 1st, 2009 at 8:47 am
I think you better go with the one-syllable words. More than one, and it’s too tricky to read when you need to consume the amount of data that is necessary these days.
April 1st, 2009 at 6:09 pm
While I appreciate the minimalist aesthetic as much as the next ascetic, however even I must admit one word is perhaps too brief. While I did appreciate the economy of five, perchance three?