CleverNickName's Journal: Take the F Train

I think that, of all the writers named "Paul" who I have ever read, Paul Ford is my favorite.

I don't know how I have gone this long without someone I know telling me to go and check out his writing . . . but I stumbled across this at Fark today, and that lead me to read this and this. I know that I've just scratched the surface here . . . but Mother Jesus Balls. It's brilliant stuff. Just brilliant.

Parallels

[ultraexactzz]

That's good stuff... I can only imagine how wretched the result would be if I attempted something similar.

Cool

[turg]

Interesting stories.

I used to live in the area of Brooklyn he's writing about. Well, he seems to be based in Park Slope and I lived in Carol Gardens, a few blocks to the west.

Re:Cool

[Cujo]

I like his idea for combatting spam [ftrain.com]. Whoever writes the app that can pull that off becomes a Famous Geek.

Stupid wife

[Snaller]

Lame ass attitudes.

Not troll

[Snaller]

Just fact.

Not flamebait either

[Snaller]

Learn respect for other opinions - what do you think this is... Iraq?!

Yeah, It's Pretty Cool, Isn't It?

[WCityMike]

Wil,

I'm glad you've discovered Ftrain. Great site, isn't it?

Keep an eye not only the writing but on how he structures the website. He has some pretty interesting ideas about information structure, etc. Look at the 'tree' ("this is X, which is part of Y, which is part of Z") that's at the bottom of each essay.

I've never met Paul Ford personally, but he's a friend of a friend [ftrain.com] ... you can see Paul's writing (anonymously) at the website of Steve Burns [steveswebpage.com], best known in the past as the green-striped "Blue'