I discuss the history and rationale of the metaphor design of my ToonTalkTM system -- an animated programming environment for kids. For example, I needed to provide the user with the ability to copy, remove, restore, grow and shrink items. The first design used three different colored magic...
For example, one Registry value tells the operating system to clear the page file when the system is shut down, and another setting tells the operating system whether or not to enable the use of a hibernation file, whereas yet another value disables the updating of last access times within ...
For example, take Dostoevsky's line, “If God does not exist, then everything is permitted.” Discussions of objective morality aside, the appeal to the apparent grim consequences of a purely materialistic world says nothing about whether or not the antecedent is true. One should keep in mind...
ithasthemostexpressivevocabularyofanyoftheotherlanguagesintheworldandisthereforeabetterlanguageforcommunicatingideas.Well,anotherpointofviewisthatthespreadofEnglishisabenefitbecauseit'sneutral.Whyisitso?WhenwelookatacountrylikeIndia,forexample,wecanunderstandthisopinion.Thereareatleast33differentregionallanguagesinIndia...
The product team must feel that their ownership is real, but you have the responsibility of making sure the personas stay true to their source data and purpose. Personas that lose their connection to the data can become feral and can even harm your project. For example, if members of the ...
What is an example of an epic simile? What is another word for proverb? How can I make a juxtaposition? What is the metaphor of The Glass Castle? How did The Three-Body Problem explain computers? What are the metaphors used in Once Upon a Time?
Yarros uses the title as a metaphor for where Allie is in life. Connections with family and the ballet troupe are strong but it may be time for her to fly solo. Plot of Variation A forced reunion between Allie and first love Hudson Ellis is complicated by a past tragedy as well as ...
Wes Moore leaned into his military background serving in Afghanistan in the Army’s 82nd Airborne as a metaphor for the final sprint to Election Day. “Guess what? We’ve got 75 days and a wakeup left.” Moore said, referencing a custom of troops to count down the num...
What part of speech is metaphor? What is an example of a prepositional phrase? What is an example of diction in a sentence? What are the homonyms of do? What is an example of a declarative sentence? What is the effect of consonance?
For the Eeyou, the term “turning point” is a metaphor for a regime shift that links changes to the coastal environment to their traditional fall goose hunting system and that has far-reaching implications for hunting practices, institutions, values, and the worldview underlying Eeyou’s ...