Archives for June 2005

Canada Day is July 1st. In celebration, I’ll be posting some blogs dedicated to being Canadian. Today, I’ll introduce some truely Canadian words: Tuque. The woolen cap you wear on your head for most of the year. If you are lucky, and it’s handmade, it will sometimes be decorated with a pom-pom. Hoser. Introduced by …

Today, my colleague found this screen in the user interface that we are documenting. I’m calling it the existential screen. It speaks to me. It says, “I’m here. I’m not really doing anything. I’m a bit confused. I know you’re confused. But, just let me be here. I exist. “