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Is it just me, or did anyone else get the impression that
Nielson had a quota (number of words or amount of screen
real-estate to fill up)?
He said keep it short and simple - maximum, one screen.
It took him several hefty paragraphs, and demanded some
scrolling on my part, to impart that message.
