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Writing "living" text is different than writing publish-once text.

You take notes

  • You can write for learning.
  • You can write for learning.

    You take notes

  • to extend your working memory
  • to extend your working memory
  • to explain something to yourself
  • to explain something to yourself
  • You can write nonlinearly.
  • You can write nonlinearly.

    You can write responsively.

    Think of Wikipedia. It changes whenever

    • a notable event happens
    • new information comes to light
    • someone notices an inaccuracy

    Writing living documents means that you don't have to be done in order to write something worthwhile. Evolve it as you see fit, or as you see the need!

    Think of Wikipedia. It changes whenever

    Writing living documents means that you don't have to be done in order to write something worthwhile. Evolve it as you see fit, or as you see the need!

    Think of Wikipedia. It changes whenever

  • a notable event happens
  • a notable event happens
  • new information comes to light
  • new information comes to light
  • someone notices an inaccuracy
  • someone notices an inaccuracy

    Writing living documents means that you don't have to be done in order to write something worthwhile. Evolve it as you see fit, or as you see the need!

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