Earlier than we begin the yr, I believed I ought to say thanks to all of you.
There are a couple of guidelines I’ve made for myself when writing this article. The primary, and I feel most necessary, is to write down about attention-grabbing issues. However since “attention-grabbing” is subjective, this actually boils all the way down to writing about no matter I personally discover attention-grabbing.
This has advantages. First, it’s simpler to write down about issues that curiosity me. And second, this rule has led me down some lengthy and interesting rabbit holes. There have been many occasions this yr after I got down to write about one subject – the Solar, say – and located myself pursuing Vikings in North America or studying historic mythology.
Third, I suppose, is that it attracts the correct of readers. Most of you, I hope, would have signed up since you discovered one thing I wrote attention-grabbing, after which caught round as a result of I despatched you extra attention-grabbing issues. I’m underneath no illusions that everybody will get pleasure from studying about these matters – however, as Murakami as soon as put it, if just one out of ten folks come again, then that’s sufficient.
One other rule is to concentrate on high quality over amount. The benefit of this isn’t apparent – and really, a lot of the recommendation on writing on-line argues the alternative. Amount is healthier, folks say, as a result of for them the objective of on-line writing is to get viewers and income, and the extra you write, the extra likelihood there may be for folks to seek out you and observe you.
I feel, although, I’d slightly write about issues I discover attention-grabbing, and spend the time to make that writing good.
There are a couple of different issues I’d wish to say:
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My intention is to ship out one free electronic mail every week. I don’t all the time obtain that – I’d slightly publish high quality work than ship out poorly researched or written articles, however that’s and stays my “official” goal. I do know not everybody has time to learn all of the articles, however please don’t fear about it, there’s no obligation right here.
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For a very long time I’ve been excited by exploring the origins of science, astronomy and physics. Over the following few months I’m planning an off-the-cuff sequence to speak about that – to have a look at how science emerged within the occasions of Babylonia and Historic Greece, and to consider how the concepts they developed influenced later thought. I’m hopeful this may give a pleasant solution to tie collectively a number of ideas and concepts I’ve wished to write down about for some time.
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I’m toying with the concept of making one other publication that includes extra basic writing. After I began out, I didn’t simply write about science – I truly started by writing about pictures. However since it is a publication explicitly about science, area, and physics, and also you’ve probably signed as much as hear about that, I’m reluctant to write down about different matters on The Quantum Cat. In some unspecified time in the future this yr then, I’ll begin one other publication that’s explicitly about no matter I need to write about. I’ll let you realize if this ever involves one thing, and be happy to enroll or not then.
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I’d wish to thank all those that have written to me over the previous years to ask questions or simply to present some form help! Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any suggestions or questions. I’d be particularly completely satisfied to listen to about any articles you appreciated (or hated!), any matters you’d like to listen to roughly about, or any questions you might have.
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