bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) (12/06/89)
I stood a cassette box on a convenient ledge in front of the lower-right corner of my workstation display so that I could see the titles when the cuts came around on my headphones. Later, I found that the box was obscuring the contents of a window in that area of my screen. I used the mouse to bring that window to the front, and was momentarily disappointed when it didn't obscure the tape box. Then I realized with a start that the window probably wouldn't come all the way to the front, no matter how many times I picked it. A simple example of momentary metaphorical disorientation that shows how far the mind will stretch in its attempt to impose order on the chaos around us...
rlh2@ukc.ac.uk (R.L.Hesketh) (12/06/89)
In article <BOB.89Dec5154524@volitans.MorningStar.Com> bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes: >A simple example of momentary metaphorical disorientation that shows >how far the mind will stretch in its attempt to impose order on the >chaos around us... Try cut-and-paste from a piece of paper to the screen and see how silly you feel when it still won't work after a couple of attempts! It would be interesting to note how many people edit on paper the same way they edit in a WYSIWYG system .. do you cross out and scribble in a vane attempt to overwrite something or do you rewrite from scratch? Can "composing at the keyboard" ever be considered on par with simply copying in from paper? Whilst there is a certain amount of redundancy involved here .. can we justify it by saying that the time spent writing on paper includes much needed thinking time to coalesce our arguments? Richard
reggie@dinsdale.nm.paradyne.com (George W. Leach) (12/08/89)
In article <3404@harrier.ukc.ac.uk> rlh2@ukc.ac.uk (Richard Hesketh) writes: >Try cut-and-paste from a piece of paper to the screen and see how silly you >feel when it still won't work after a couple of attempts! Ah, but I have seen people put a piece of paper on the screen with an outline drawing on it. Then they proceed to trace the outline on the screen with the mouse, thus generating a digitized version. George W. Leach AT&T Paradyne (uunet|att)!pdn!reggie Mail stop LG-133 Phone: 1-813-530-2376 P.O. Box 2826 FAX: 1-813-530-8224 Largo, FL 34649-2826 USA
barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) (12/15/89)
In article <BOB.89Dec5154524@volitans.MorningStar.Com>, bob@MorningStar (Bob Sutterfield) writes: >A simple example of momentary metaphorical disorientation that shows >how far the mind will stretch in its attempt to impose order on the >chaos around us... I had the same problem when someone put a Post-It note on a monitor. This gave me an idea for another project - A way to type in a note and print it out, making the memo look like a window on a workstation. You then cut out the window and tape it to someone's screen.... -- Bruce G. Barnett <barnett@crd.ge.com> uunet!crdgw1!barnett