(#6074) Being precise about sharing information

      Often I think of myself as being OCD when I put things out on the Internet. I kind of chastise myself for being overly informative. But then every now and again I am reminded that not enough information may cause more confusion than the message being relayed. As always the intent is to be honest and forthright yet the intent can be muddled through unclear messaging. I found this to be the case this morning when attempting to just post about a task I accomplished. What happened instead was a confusion about process.
     I won't get into what this is about other than to say I needed to be clearer especially since it did concern a vital paradigm. I have spent the last hour working to make sure my post is now more complete in its description so no further confusion will follow. It is part of our society to respond in quick narratives and metaphors which leave too much for the imagination to interpret beyond the original intent. I had fallen prey to that shortcut mentality and again was made to rectify it. Which again I should learn instead of doing it over again as I seem prone to do. There is a silver lining to this in that the trial and error failures do eventually produce progress.
     It is my hope that my trial and error phases will shorten as I do not have the luxury of wasting time. I keep forgetting it seems that shortcuts, although sometimes beneficial, are not when it comes to information being clear. Pointing that way when asked directions may be helpful but only to start. Giving an address while pointing that way is much more clear. We can all learn to be more precise while not being overly complicated in our presentation. Too much information is just as bad as not enough in many respects. However, given either I would rather give too much than not enough. The battle over how to describe things in a perfect way continues... :)