Friday, April 05 2002

Donald A. Norman : Just because it's funny doesn't mean it isn't real

"The New 7 series BMW no longer has all those knobs and buttons that clutter up the dashboard - you know, where each knob does one thing that you can count on. Instead, it has a single controller located on the center console that "functions similarly to a computer mouse." It drives a display in the center of the dashboard. It is called the iDrive: i for "intuitive") (Don't get me started on intuitive. You know what's intuitive? Fear of heights. Everything else we call intuitive, such as walking or using a pencil took years of practice. Is that what we want? A control that takes years of practice?)"

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Bill Kearney has created a bunch of cool weblog maps

"based on the site URL's IP address."

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The Drupal-gang discuss the "Collaborative book and Instant Outlining".

I don't want to piss on everyone's parade, but this is really not a new idea. It has been around, and practiced, for as long as their have been xref and link tags, and probably before that too... see also : the commentary on John Robb's outlines as value-added email post

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The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : dilligaff

Short for "Do I look like I care?" When someone tells you something you are uninterested in, instead of saying I don't care, just say "dilligaff."

ex. Joe: Nice weather today. Mary: Dilligaff!

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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : proclivity

Proclivity \Pro*cliv"i*ty\, n. [L. proclivitas: cf. F. proclivit['e].] 1. Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency. ``A proclivity to steal.'' --Abp. Bramhall. 2. Readiness; facility; aptitude. He had such a dexterous proclivity as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. --Sir H. Wotton. web1913

proclivity n : a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" [syn: {propensity}, {leaning}] wn

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