This Is a Test Post
This is a test post from my cell phone – it would be really neat he this works. Especially since this is thru a cell phone. Skall!!!
Sometimes My Brain Weirds Me Out…
Yesterday I was talking to a co-worker and found that his nose just looked different. Somehow he looked like a different person, I knew damn well that wasn’t the case, but it was strange. The lighting, the angle that I was viewing him, the mental contructs running through as thoughts, all were different than the usual social framing I interact with him.
Upon reflecting on it now, I realized that I had had a process in my brain turn off, and in realizing it I was studying it.
I think that the process of writing the two manuals I wrote and submitted forced a change in how I think, and the causal element was trying to get inside how users think and would use my manuals.
I am strongly introverted, that I’ll agree to heartily, but this was over the top.
A Jabbering (1)Some Wounds Must Be Reopened to Heal…
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is coming on HBO May 27th. Many may know the gist of the story, some have looked at the impact of the book since 1970, but a simple fact is that prior to this book the Lakota were only called the Sioux, the Diné were only called the Navaho, Apache was the only name for five distinct tribes… That could go on for hours, days.
Don’t get me wrong: I don’t want to engender guilt or make you feel bad. I’ve a much larger point, and it ain’t the one on my head this time.
Busy, Busy, Blah, Blah…
If anyone told me that I would be writing a manual or two for computer users four years ago, I would’ve laughed so hard milk would’ve spontaneously appeared in my hand so I could take a drink and shoot it out my nose.
But that’s what I’ve been doing for the last two weeks, mebbie longer. I’m not 100% sure, my memory fades out a little regarding any event before lunch yesterday.
And it’s funny. I used to make fun of manuals because of the poor english, or the lack of usefulness, or the obtuse information contained within. I stopped reading them because usually they suck. So when I was asked to put together a manual I really dug into how to make this one not suck.
I Have an Apology to Make…
To the news companies out there.
Dad decided to get out of our rut tonight, and consciously switched channels to CBS HD. 60 minutes is on. It may be emotional at times, it may ask very stupid questions, it may go for the *duh* award, but they dig deeper than CNN Headline news, CNN itself, Fox News, Reuters, AP…
They’re better than many, and try to tell the news.
I say, sincerely, I am sorry for lumping all news orgs into that “rag mag” category. It wasn’t fair.
That being typed, what’s the problem?
