April « 2005 « Ironwolf

Now, my philosophy of icon design is not that people should be able to guess the meaning of an icon at first glance. For me, the primary requirement of icon design is that the meaning should never have to be explained twice. Nonetheless, I’m curious how many people who find themselves reading this can correctly guess what concepts these symbols are intended to convey. Please make up your mind before reading the comments or posting your own guess in the comments. Note: the colors of the icons are arbitrary and not relevant to their intended meaning.

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But I don’t know how!

Tuesday, April 5th, 2005

We live in an age where no-one has an excuse for not knowing something of interest to them. Despite this, it still amazes me how many family members, friends, or co-workers attempt to use the excuse “I don’t know how to do X,” as an excuse for not doing X. Perhaps at one time knowledge of how to do X was hard to come by, but now more than ever we are inundated with knowledge, and the choice comes down more to deciding what to do with our limited time and energy.

So please, don’t say “I wish I could X but I just don’t know how.” I will most likely laugh in your face, or at least smirk inwardly. Rather, be truthful to yourself (and me) and just say, “I don’t care enough to bother.”

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