Stupid little iota of an idea

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:03:13 -0500, Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a> wrote:

> "Steven Schveighoffer" <schveiguy at yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:op.vqqsdxcaeav7ka at steve-laptop...
>>
>>> According to the book "The Design of Everyday Things" the design of  
>>> that
>>> function name is wrong, it's not your fault and it's not because it was
>>> 3am. When many people make mistakes with regards to the design of
>>> something it's *always* the design's fault, never the human's fault.
>>
>> I love that book, I wish more software engineers used it.  One of my
>> favorite classes at college.
>>
>
> I probably would have liked that class if my college hadn't degenerated  
> it
> into nothing more than "group VB6 project". Bleh. I always hated group
> projects.  /me "Does not play well with others."

 From what I can remember, I did not have to write any code in that class.   
I had to pick an item in my household and write a paper on what features  
were well designed and which ones were poor.  I have a feeling you would  
have loved that ;)

-Steve