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?)"
Bill Kearney has created a bunch of cool weblog maps
"based on the site URL's IP address."
The Drupal-gang discuss the "Collaborative book and Instant Outlining".
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!
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}]
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