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Tyler, get to the point. I’ve been reading for 5 minutes about Facebook, Tim, and Inflection... and just got to “backstory”. The backstory has a backstory too?

Just think about focusing on your primary point.

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I'm all for concision, particularly in technical writing. But not every article has to be like that. This article feels like a mix between an essay and a public journal entry, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

I agree. I gave up halfway through. The author is exceptionally long-winded.

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