Comment by mlhpdx

Is it a long tail? Let's take me, because I know the subject well.

I have poor working memory. Very poor, insomuch as I have to type six digit codes in blocks of three.

I can write, of course, and sometimes well. But technical writing requires maintaining both detail and thread and I cannot do both in a sustained way. For a short comment, I'm usually okay. For anything longer, not so much.

Is the long tail the whole beast? I think yes.

So I write shorthand and use tools to help me, and yes the results aren't always perfect -- but they are my thoughts embodied.