The audience is an onion. Well my audience is garlic. Clusters of disciplines with layers. Yet garlic isn't different between cloves. (just each clove thinks it's unique) The goal of Polymathic Being is to bridge across and between domains and disciplines. Like a garden of garlic.
I couldn't agree more, Josh! As a technical person, I experienced too many blank stares from my audience, which motivated me to try to explain things in more general terms. Your Audience Onion gives attaches a nice and intuitive framework—which, on its own, helps to explain other technical professionals why clear communication is a key skill.
Thanks Patrik. Those blank stares are the worst! That's the aspect that I think is most helpful about this framework: it helps you to remember to start general and then get specific without jumping in too deep.
Josh, this is a really cool framework. Without meaning to, it's sort of how I've been operating and thinking about my readers. Now, I may be able to more explicitly analyze that though process and put formality to my function. Thanks!
Thanks Andrew, glad you liked it! Let me know how it goes if you try to use the onion model more consciously. Would be interested to know if you have any insights from your experience.
The audience is an onion. Well my audience is garlic. Clusters of disciplines with layers. Yet garlic isn't different between cloves. (just each clove thinks it's unique) The goal of Polymathic Being is to bridge across and between domains and disciplines. Like a garden of garlic.
All hail the audience metaphors of layers and cloves!
I couldn't agree more, Josh! As a technical person, I experienced too many blank stares from my audience, which motivated me to try to explain things in more general terms. Your Audience Onion gives attaches a nice and intuitive framework—which, on its own, helps to explain other technical professionals why clear communication is a key skill.
Thanks Patrik. Those blank stares are the worst! That's the aspect that I think is most helpful about this framework: it helps you to remember to start general and then get specific without jumping in too deep.
Josh, this is a really cool framework. Without meaning to, it's sort of how I've been operating and thinking about my readers. Now, I may be able to more explicitly analyze that though process and put formality to my function. Thanks!
Thanks Andrew, glad you liked it! Let me know how it goes if you try to use the onion model more consciously. Would be interested to know if you have any insights from your experience.