This week, Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox says Excessive word count and worthless details are making it harder for people to extract useful information

This week, Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox says Excessive word count and worthless details are making it harder for people to extract useful information
Mon, 11 Aug 2003 18:30:00 +0100

This week, Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox says

Excessive word count and worthless details are making it harder for people to extract useful information. The more you say, the more people tune out your message.
then goes on to prove the point with another 500 words.

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