Mr. Kung remembers how Ms Wodtke not so long ago was asking on the sigia-l list what the difference between a thesaurus and a controlled vocabulary was. It seems that she has since learnt it.

There are SO many books coming out. Will all of them succeed? Are many of them even *needed*? And how many goddam books on blogging do we need? Why are book publishers sinking so much money into them? All you need to know is available in a few google searches for free.

Greed, I guess.

Posted by: Kung Pao on August 15, 2002 07:14 AM

 

..... and many CEO's can't use a search engine.

Posted by: JB on August 15, 2002 12:01 PM

 

Use a thesaurus to seem smart? That would lead to word usage that "seems out of place," or is just plain wrong because the author didn't know how his word differed in meaning from the source word he looked up.

I use a thesaurus to identify a word that is on the tip of my tongue.

Posted by: Jack on August 15, 2002 02:10 PM

 

I'm not saying this to be snide, I'm genuinely curious what Mr. Kung means about Christina? What is wrong with learning a craft, then doing it, and even writing about it? Or are you speaking of a lack of experience?

Is there a feeling among the veterans in the usability community (assuming you are one, Mr. K) that the newcomers are getting too much, too soon, too easily?

Posted by: Lydia on August 16, 2002 05:19 PM