Monday, May 24, 2010

Ban lists

When you are writing a paper, a grant proposal, a job application, or a talk, think twice before you include a list. I encounter too many generic "lists", whether it is lists of collaborators, research topics, applications, that add little to the substance of the document.
So think twice before you include a list!

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