  Academic, peer-reviewed short papers are a common way to present a
late-breaking work to the academic community that outlines preliminary
findings, research ideas, and novel conversations. By comparison, blogging or
writing posts on social media are an unstructured and open way to discuss ideas
and start new conversations. Both have limitations in the proliferation of
research ideas. The short paper format relies on the conference and journal
submission process while blogging does not operate within a structured format
or set of expectations at all. However, at times the demand exists for
late-breaking ideas and conversations to arise in a raw form or with urgency
but should still be archived and recorded in a way that promotes citational
honesty and integrity. To address this, I present: The Micro-Paper, as a
micro-paper itself. The Micro-Paper is a small, cheap, accessible, digital
document that is self-published and archived, akin to a pre-print of a short
paper. This meta micro-paper discusses the context, goals, and considerations
of micro-paper authoring.
