Turn your philosophy into criteria you can act on
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There has to be something where you can sort of take the philosophy of that idea and convert it into an answer of something that you can take action on.
Episode 138: Lost on Wood (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:23:55 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Asked what he really wants in the index, Dave boiled it down to 'if somebody searches for a thing, they can find it,' regardless of content. Then he reverse-engineers that goal into concrete criteria, because with too much junk you can't find the junk or the treasure.
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Episode 138: Lost on Wood (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:21:46 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
What I want is for if somebody searches for a piece of content, let's not even call it a podcast at this, at this point. When somebody searches the index for a thing, I want them to be able to find it.
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Episode 138: Lost on Wood (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:26:38 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
But if you have so much junk, you can't find the junk or the treasure.
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