From: MarshaV (marshalz@charter.net)
Date: Sat Mar 12 2005 - 12:52:10 GMT
Bill,
Welcome.
I've been in the state of lateral drift for a few years. It's a good
place. I feel, and think, like a cat. Meow.
I do appreciate the anecdotes. Hope to hear more from you.
Marsha
At 09:30 PM 3/11/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm new to this list. I've read most of ZMM and have started Lila. I was
>struck by many passages in ZMM, and ultimately used one as the basis for a
>master's thesis hypothesis. The subject matter was software quality, or,
>more
>specifically, end-user determinants of software quality. This ZMM quote:
>
>"The test of the machine is the satisfaction it gives you. There isn't any
>other test. If the machine produces tranquility it's right. If it disturbs
>you it’s wrong until either the machine or your mind is changed.”
>
>...was morphed into this hypothesis:
>
>"An end-user's quality rating of a software product will be positively
>proportional to the level of tranquility its use produces within the
>end-user."
>
>More recently, I've used another ZMM quote as the inspiration for the name
>of a second home that I own up in Maine, "Lateral Drift" [vrbo.com/42141]:
>
>"...the only real learning results from hang-ups, where instead of expanding
>the branches of what you already know, you have to stop and drift laterally
>for a while until you come across something that allows you to expand the
>roots of what you already know."
>
>We'll eventually retire there, and I rent it out part of the year in the
>meantime.
>
>I thought this audience might be about the only one that might appreciate
>these anecdotes.
>
>Bill
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