# opportunistic compression

> summarizing and condensing a piece of information in small spurts, spread across time, in the course of other work, and only doing as much or as little as the information deserves.
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> – [Progressive Summarization: A Practical Technique for Designing Discoverable N…](https://fortelabs.co/blog/progressive-summarization-a-practical-technique-for-designing-discoverable-notes)