Next Zoom Meetup 2020-09-19

My comment on vocabulary isn’t judgmental. Trying to map incoming perspectives with the internal design concepts of the map is challenging.

I’ll admit I try to nudge people to Tinderbox because within the app context I think it’s reasonably consistent (and I’m always happy in my docs to make it more so). This is for two reasons. Firstly, I think it helps the learner and it makes it easier for them to ask questions. Secondly, moving to think and talk about the app in its own vernacular rubs away at unhelpful comparisons to things not in the room (e.g. other apps). In the latter context, over the years I’ve noticed that the act of internalising the app vocabulary often helps some users ‘get’ aspects they hitherto misunderstood … because they had a perspective which didn’t match the reality of the tool they were using.

There’s no right/wrong or smart/dumb here, just difference.

Glad the info on pictures was of use. Though I use the term bloat I’m’ll admist to some discomfort with an unintended negative there: ‘bigger than needs be’ perhaps.

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