Titles are a difficult task. I dont remember the number of times, i gave up writing a post in the middle, because i could not give a title to the post.
Titles polarize. They build opinions and often constrict free wheeling discussions or opinions.
Few would argue that, they bring focus, but i wouldn't necessarily write to draw an eye ball(sometimes i may). I write because it i find it as a way of letting out.
I wish each posts were like human beings. They would have names, because name do not mean and shape the personality of the person. It would be fun to see if each of us were our names, wouldnt it?
On a hindsight, i feel it would be a big put off if we were our names. Imagine if i were like the sun, people would say , "ah, that guy is sun maan, he is cool in the evening and hot in the morning, and i guess his building is not using electricity anymore, he powers them like the guy in Spiderman" (wishful thinking)
one more,
girlfriend would say
"my boyfriend is so hot, but he doesnt allow me near generally. he cools off when we meet" ;)
For that reason I like biographies more than other books. Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Swami Vivekananda, and all leaders including Steve Jobs, and more recently Autobiography of a Yogi. All these are names of books and represent personalities. They allow us to know about the person just like we would do if we were meeting them.
So, I have found a better way of laying bare the out-pouring. I'll tag the post with what i feel the post is all about. And name it with the date.
Dates too are like names. They dont necessarily mean anything and in some cases may mean something. But they are names.
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There is another way of doing it too. we are writing out thoughts. so i'll put them as thoughts.
eg. thoughts on giving a title to a post, thoughts on working in a startup, thoughts on writing.
This makes me name this post as 'No Title'. I'll hold myself from doing that, albeit i may end up scrapping this post altogether. I almost ended up scrapping this post after considering alternatives( naming posts, no title, naming blogposts, why i dont like title, no name)
Titles polarize. They build opinions and often constrict free wheeling discussions or opinions.
Few would argue that, they bring focus, but i wouldn't necessarily write to draw an eye ball(sometimes i may). I write because it i find it as a way of letting out.
I wish each posts were like human beings. They would have names, because name do not mean and shape the personality of the person. It would be fun to see if each of us were our names, wouldnt it?
On a hindsight, i feel it would be a big put off if we were our names. Imagine if i were like the sun, people would say , "ah, that guy is sun maan, he is cool in the evening and hot in the morning, and i guess his building is not using electricity anymore, he powers them like the guy in Spiderman" (wishful thinking)
one more,
girlfriend would say
"my boyfriend is so hot, but he doesnt allow me near generally. he cools off when we meet" ;)
For that reason I like biographies more than other books. Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Swami Vivekananda, and all leaders including Steve Jobs, and more recently Autobiography of a Yogi. All these are names of books and represent personalities. They allow us to know about the person just like we would do if we were meeting them.
So, I have found a better way of laying bare the out-pouring. I'll tag the post with what i feel the post is all about. And name it with the date.
Dates too are like names. They dont necessarily mean anything and in some cases may mean something. But they are names.
[edit]
There is another way of doing it too. we are writing out thoughts. so i'll put them as thoughts.
eg. thoughts on giving a title to a post, thoughts on working in a startup, thoughts on writing.
This makes me name this post as 'No Title'. I'll hold myself from doing that, albeit i may end up scrapping this post altogether. I almost ended up scrapping this post after considering alternatives( naming posts, no title, naming blogposts, why i dont like title, no name)
:-) Good thoughts!
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