tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post6502293791189501343..comments2023-11-02T02:14:31.901-06:00Comments on ReadMoreWriteMoreThinkMoreBeMore: This Is Your Blurb!Doctor Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189506916480012553noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-77367117726934236322007-06-22T09:08:00.000-05:002007-06-22T09:08:00.000-05:00Petya: you may have an even bigger dilemma than a...Petya: you may have an even bigger dilemma than academics do! and, for the record, i'm probably one of those people who needs your Minor Blurb but (mistakenly) believes i deserve the Major Blurb. Alas, hubris....Doctor Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13189506916480012553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-22401722449971556522007-06-22T05:38:00.000-05:002007-06-22T05:38:00.000-05:00I have been experiencing very similar problems try...I have been experiencing very similar problems trying to explain my current job. Technology is very intimidating to a lot of people so you need to be careful not to overwhelm them by getting too technical about what you do. At the same time, because so many people ARE online and are very tech-savy, you need to make sure you don't insult their intelligence.Petya K. Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889767000588371501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-38048062572252938532007-06-21T08:58:00.000-05:002007-06-21T08:58:00.000-05:00A very difficult question, Mel. And yes, I know t...A very difficult question, Mel. And yes, I know the type. This is the same person who, in reponse to learning that you teach philosophy, regales you with his or her take on "God is dead" from 25 years ago.<BR/><BR/>There doesn't seem to be much in-between, I'm afraid. Either your interlocutor is Major Blurban or a Minor one. There is no Major Sublurban (like those people who don't really live in the city, but still act as if they're not in the suburbs.)<BR/><BR/>The trick, I think, is just to reformulate the Minor Blurb as if you were presenting the Major Blurb, but still maintaining the structure and vocabulary of the Minor Blurb. You preface it with something like this: "Well, most people aren't intelligent enough to get it when I put it this way, but you'll obviously understand when I say blahdiddy blah blah."Doctor Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13189506916480012553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488833.post-18589777113134021452007-06-21T08:43:00.000-05:002007-06-21T08:43:00.000-05:00The question is what to do with the person from Mi...The question is what to do with the person from Minor Blurb group who spurns Minor Blurb with a sort of suspicion that Minor Blurb is not all you're up to, thus luring you into some variation of Major Blurb (which does indeed sound like blah blahdee blah) and then doesn't understand why you just can't be more clear about Major Blurb? Am I the only one who runs into this person?<BR/>MelanieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com