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Comment by georgemcbay | Hacker News Reader

Interesting start, but not much to talk about when this is just a setup for a "To be continued" blog post.

"To be continued" is, IMO, a pretty terrible thing to do on blog posts... Why not just hold off on publishing until it is, you know, continued?

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I think it would be fine if the HN post also said Part 1. I don't have a huge problem with "to be continued", but in a post just called "A year without caffeine" you expect something about a year without caffeine.

I was hoping to get it all done in one post, but the thing just kept growing. The mad extent of my habit wasn't something I recalled all at once. Part 2 is cooking up now. Maybe when it's done I'll paste 'em together.

And how do I keep up with your blog? Should I subscribe to RSS, reload the page a few times in the next days or look if it made to HN?

You see, the problem isn't about getting the information quickly. It's not stock information. It's about getting it complete. If I'm reading, I'm allocating time for a precise matter; and when I don't get the result, my time was probably lost.

RSS, if you're interested in what I normally think about: education, technology, the future. Otherwise, you can use the contact form to send me your address. I'll ping you when part 2 goes live.

As a blog post, I think it's just fine. After all, a blog is supposed to be somewhat personal, and such a drastic lifestyle change will surely affect the author's posts over the next year.

Perhaps it's not necessarily enough for Hacker News, but it does seem to have sparked some interesting discussion on the subject, which I think makes it worthwhile.

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