tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73353412024-03-07T19:28:05.918-05:00It was a boojummlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-3805283959476027462007-08-23T11:41:00.000-04:002007-08-23T11:43:31.778-04:00Still here?If you are looking for the website of <a href="http://morelightmorelight.com">Matthew Katz</a>, this isn't it any more. I'm over at my new domain. Mine, all mine!mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-37540075694102579822007-04-12T07:27:00.001-04:002007-04-12T07:27:57.776-04:00Moving the site<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I've bought a domain, hosting, and installed wordpress.<br></br>It was all very easy. <br></br>I've imported all of my old posts from this sight, and over the next couple of days I'll be importing your comments over.<br></br>Take a peek at the new site I'm making over at&nbsp;<a href='http://www.MoreLightMoreLight.com'>http://www.MoreLightMoreLight.com</a><br></br>I'll be adjusting my feedburner feed to point to the new site as well.<br></br><br></br>Soon I'll stop publishing here, but I'll be posting over there.<br></br><br></br><br></br><p class='poweredbyperformancing'>Powered by <a href='http://scribefire.com/'>ScribeFire</a>.</p></div>mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-67979891847748856442007-04-10T15:21:00.001-04:002007-04-10T15:29:15.236-04:00Lost Photos of NYC<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Sam works for the <a href='http://nyc.gov/citystore'>New York City Store</a> now as Marketing Manager.<br></br><div style='float: right;'><img src='http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/images/misc/nyrises.jpg'></img></div><br></br>There is a <a href='http://a856-citystore.nyc.gov/book%20signing%20sent%204-3-07.htm'>book signing tonight at the City Store</a> that I'm going to go to. Eugene de Salignac was the official photographer of NYC bridges for thirty years at the beginning of the 20th century. His work was carefully filed away in the archives and forgotten about. Recently, Michael Lorenzini found 20,000 glass plates of Eugene's and published them in "<a href='http://a856-citystore.nyc.gov/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductName=New%20York%20Rises&ProductID=3839&CategoryID=157'>New York Rises - The Photographs of Eugene de Salignac</a>".<br></br><br></br>I suggested to Sam that she tell the <a href='http://deadprogrammer.com'>Dead Programmer</a> about the signing and he's coming! I'm excited - Michael's writing is some of my favorite - it's always a pleasure when he updates and I see something new in my feedreader.<br></br> <br></br><br></br><p class='poweredbyperformancing'>Powered by <a href='http://scribefire.com/'>ScribeFire</a>.</p></div>mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-31195600337938579002007-04-10T15:10:00.001-04:002007-04-10T15:10:28.969-04:00The Nanny State<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>My coworkers were chortling behind me about some hilarious commercials.&nbsp; <br></br>I couldn't help but remember that once upon a time seat belts were after-market add-ons.&nbsp; When the legislation came out requiring them in cars, the same kind of folks were saying the same sort of things.&nbsp; Security and Liberty are always a balancing act - you can't ever trump one with the other.<br></br><br></br><br></br><p class='poweredbyperformancing'>Powered by <a href='http://scribefire.com/'>ScribeFire</a>.</p></div>mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-75845861191886682812007-03-28T13:15:00.000-04:002007-03-28T13:16:07.720-04:00GWEI - Google Will Eat Itself<a href="http://www.gwei.org/index.php">GWEI - Google Will Eat Itself</a><br />They subscribe to Google's AdSense program and serve ads.<br />As the ads earn money, the money is automatically used to buy shares of stock in Google (GOOG).<br />Anyone who visits the site can become a shareholder in their corporation (GTTP Ltd - Google To The People Company). Therefore we all become shareholders, in effect, of Google.<br />They calculate that <s>they</s> we will fully own Google in 202 years.<br />Sweeeeeeet.<br /><br />This feels distinctly like art to me.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-47982907373215926752007-03-19T16:53:00.000-04:002007-03-19T16:58:11.632-04:00Bankruptcy! Losing money on prosper.comI lend money on <a href="http://prosper.com">prosper.com</a>. It's a peer to peer lending service.<br />I just got my first default. Poor old henryjr declared bankruptcy and with it disappeared <span id="cmpMessageView_lblBodyValue"> $93.52 of my money.<br /><br />Overall, I'm up </span><span id="Loan_lblNetGain">$263.89 but a couple of other folks are 3+months late on their loans. This is the part where it gets a little scary.<br /></span>mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-22945389882471019742007-03-12T09:10:00.000-04:002007-03-19T16:52:51.327-04:00We are hiringMy team is hiring developers again. If you or someone you know wants to work in midtown in the financial industry, get in touch.<br /><br />.Net, C#, Web Service, SQL, XML, ADO.NET, Object Oriented, Design Pattern, Excel programming is a plus<br />You'll be talking to customers, so be able to speak well. In other news, I've been racking my brains for a way to screen resumes for team players without having to look for the words "Team Player" - I think you just have to find that bit in the interview.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-31072701858620519692007-03-12T09:06:00.000-04:002007-03-19T16:36:16.831-04:00Blogger thought I was a spam blogDon't know what made me look like a spam blog, but I had to get reviewed by a human to turn posting back on.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-70641804313278675172007-03-02T19:46:00.001-05:002007-03-19T16:35:21.911-04:00Phone is now back on!Phone is now back on!<br /><br />Give me a ring!mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-21517022332336016252007-01-09T15:51:00.000-05:002007-01-09T15:52:30.204-05:00DreamWe're in Columbia, South Carolina, throwing a large dinner party. It's in a very big house, like my parent's house but bigger and unfamiliar. Some of the guests have arrived, and it's nice time as we wait for the rest to arrive. It's getting later and later and the last guests have not arrived. <br /><br />I walk down to a central shopping area like 5 Points to see where our guests are. The streets are empty of the shoppers, strolling couples, and teenagers that usually pack this place. Instead, in some of the windows are people who look off. They are in the shape of people, the right bits, but they are lumpy or lopsided, like straw dolls. They are distorted like poorly made puppets and they stare out of the windows with skewed eyes that don't blink or look around.<br /><br />I am too scared to investigate or go into the shops, and I return home to tell my people what I've seen and to protect them.<br /><br />When I get home, we figure out that there are aliens among us, that they have begun infiltrating. They begin as appliances and small home electronics. These aliens understand the general shapes of things, but not their purpose or uses. Their larval forms are crude approximations. So one might begin as a television, but not understand that the screen should be smooth and square, not wavy or slanty. A toaster might have too many slots or the slots might be too small. Things might have too many knobs or other suspicious features. When the appliance has grown large enough, it can shape itself as a person. <br /><br />Given that I've seen a large pedestrian area already taken over, it stands to reason that these must grow quickly and that they must be harmful to people.<br /><br />We find a cable box sitting on top of a television that has no LED's on the front and isn't plugged in. When I move towards it, the cable box skitters away, dragging its power-cord tail behind it. It scuttles towards a couch and I leap towards it, bashing it with a poker or baseball bat. Smashed, it is full of tightly compacted meaty muscle and guts. My guests and I begin searching the house for other aliens. <br /><br />A man who looks like Robert Stack is at the party, a hard-bitten WWII veteran who tells us that we are all going to die. We aren't organized enough. If this had happened during his generation, the party would have split up into organized squads and scoured the house top to bottom, starting at the attic and sterilizing it. Then they would have secured it militarily and made sorties out to find other people and begin killing every alien.<br /><br />Instead, we are going to eventually try to negotiate with them, or understand them. This is going to get us killed. Understanding is for when you've already won and are dealing with harmless remnants.<br /><br />This Robert Stack guy is a bastard, but he feels right and we feel doomed.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-17753725006256865132006-12-28T14:34:00.000-05:002006-12-28T14:40:12.249-05:00Get my Wallet for Free<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static2.instructables.com/pub/FOQ/YGSH/FOQYGSH4DXEVYDXSJQ.medium.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://static2.instructables.com/pub/FOQ/YGSH/FOQYGSH4DXEVYDXSJQ.medium.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />If you like the <a href="http://snarkhunt.blogspot.com/2006/11/design-wallet.html">wallet I posted about in November</a>, good news.<br /><br />I stumbled across an instructable about<a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/EGRGJMZZY5EVYDXSPR/"> how to fold your own Tyvek Wallet</a>.<br /><br /><br />It's not as nice, but it's also not as twenty bucks.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-13411915343896755482006-12-18T12:09:00.000-05:002006-12-18T12:13:51.048-05:00BOCCE: Old Dirty Barristers Almost Win It All AgainWe're good. I know it. We only lost one game this season, and that one was in the finals against our arch-rivals BocceLism. They get to have the threepeat championship and we get to be second place for the second season in a row.<br /><br />Next season we will have to go Tonya Harding on Lism. <br />Photos of our crew flamboastin and toastin when I get em.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-42711349267735466772006-12-15T14:28:00.000-05:002006-12-15T15:18:04.476-05:00Math Everywhere: How Many People at a Good Party?Doing some last minute shopping for Sam and ran across <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/guest-posts/party-architecture-1-density-005359">Apartment Therapy's post on Party Density</a>.<br /><br />Seems like they've got it down. I'm having a dinner party on December 25th, I'll have to check the math for the space...<br /><br />The unanswered question, of course is how many people you should invite to achieve good density of people who actually show up. One strategy of mine is to make my invitations personal if possible rather than sending out a mass evite. People I like will tell me if they are coming or not and I know what's going on that night.<br /><br />I don't throw barnstormers in my living space anyway. I'd rather throw them at other people's apartments and pay for food or liquor and they provide the space and the cleanup the next day.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-41547994556500297412006-12-10T19:43:00.000-05:002006-12-10T19:51:28.933-05:00NASA being slowly dismantledThought my pals might want to read this entry I found from Bruce Sterling about the <a href="http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2006/12/uh_about_that_b.html">Planetary Society's campaign to fight for the mission and budget of NASA</a> . It was bad enough when this administration removed <span class="mood">"to understand and protect the Earth" as a primary goal of NASA. <a href="http://planetary.org/programs/projects/sos/">It just gets worse, and because there isn't a clear bodycount, it isn't going to be big news</a>.<br /><br />Go check out that article and then maybe <a href="https://planetary.org/join/donate/sosupd07/">give the planetary society a donation</a> and <a href="http://planetary.org/programs/projects/sos/petition2.html">sign their petition</a>. I'm going to give them $20 and sign the petition. If you email me what you've donated, I'll also match what you've donated.<br /></span>mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-1853214344177097742006-12-10T13:37:00.001-05:002006-12-10T13:37:45.504-05:00Vail Vacation<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snarkhunt/318736965/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/130/318736965_9eff271931.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snarkhunt/318736965/">Snow Waves</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/snarkhunt/">snarkhunt</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Finally broke down and went to the hoity-toity Vail with some fellas. <br /><br />Vail is really swank, really huge. We definitely went too early in the season because the legendary back bowls are packed snow. Coming here mid February when the bowls have been filled must be incredible and I'd be willing to go back here for a trip during that season. Even though we were here in the early season we were able to get some really good soft runs in through the trees.<br /><br />Also - for the future - there are real, honest cliffs here that you can jump off of. I did not, because I am not that nuts.</p>mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-20468687523176470632006-12-06T12:21:00.000-05:002006-12-06T12:28:23.604-05:00Bloggy Blogroll welcomes....<a href="http://staunchtech.blogspot.com/">Nate!</a><br /><br />Nate and I have been geeking out together in NYC. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/60395915@N00/sets/72057594105300692/">He and Claudia took me and Sam to Brazil for carnival</a>. He actually writes long entries in his blog that are worth reading if you are techie.<br /><br />Hint hint, Acton. HINT.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-14401947824651988452006-12-04T23:58:00.000-05:002006-12-05T00:05:38.242-05:00In Praise of Lost TimeHere's a common sci-fi trope. A character is obsessed with the future and science and all the advantages it could bring. This blinds that character so that they don't see that they are losing their essential humanity.<br /><br />Moral: All that dirty stuff that is unpleasant is also part of what makes us human.<br /><br />I don't buy it. My cube mate Yoni said to me a few days ago, "You'll miss your body when it's gone." I don't buy it. It seems to me that we can definitely point out the things that we don't want any more of that are essential bits of humanity. Lets get rid of them even though they are essential bits of humanity.<br /><br />Example: I just got 2 wisdom teeth pulled. How's that for some unintelligently designed hardware? I didn't stay awake for the procedure, even though that might have contributed to my character, even though those moments were mine, and they might have changed who I am...<br /><br />I didn't want those pain-filled uncomfortable moments. I'd rather trade them for other moments or just turn them down flat. And, thanks to the modern miracle of general anesthesia, I didn't have to have those moments. Next, we've just got to nail down the details on the recuperation.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-77289949658393725582006-12-04T09:46:00.000-05:002006-12-04T09:47:25.908-05:00Bocce: Old Dirty Barristers UndefeatedMy Bocce team, the O.D.B. is undefeated going into the championships. <br /><br /><br /><br />This is the season that we win it all!mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-22752699282358700782006-11-29T13:26:00.000-05:002006-11-29T13:32:18.931-05:00Prosper.com/Tools is here!Prosper has revealed their <a href="http://prosper.com/public/tools/">lending API/Tools section</a> . Right now it is just a dump of data from their db, but the api section promises webservices coming soon.<br /><br />What's cool about this? Now you should see smart folks like me building tools to analyze and pick through prosper loans, flagging good stuff and dissing bad loans. By opening up the data like this, prosper is letting interested people create tools for themselves and others to get better results for their systems. <br /><br />This kind of openness will be good for their business as reliability goes up and people can make better informed decisions.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-41065810297087188312006-11-28T22:38:00.000-05:002006-11-28T22:44:34.796-05:00USPS.com uses GoogleLooks like the <a href="http://www.usps.com">USPS website </a>uses the google search appliance. I was messing about with the search url and turned this up:<br /><br />Go to the search form and enter a search for a package.<br />At the page this takes you too, go to your address bar and erase everything after ?q=######## where ####### is your package search number. <br /><br />You'll see the <a href="http://search.usps.com/search?q=9101805213907446575496">secret easter egg usps google home page</a>.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-45756013979746453372006-11-21T16:40:00.000-05:002006-11-21T17:00:42.673-05:00Design: Paradox of Choice<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3501/895/1600/639347/21vistaOff.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3501/895/320/901054/21vistaOff.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>Here's a simpler explanation of the <a href="http://snarkhunt.blogspot.com/2006/11/user-experience-principles-avoid-choice.html">usability design principle of avoiding choice</a>.<br />Joel from Joel On Software just wrote a great and <a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/11/21.html">simple explanation of the Paradox of Choice.</a><br />It all centers on what is wrong with this picture. Why are there that many options to choose from when you want to shut down?<br /><br />Every choice presented to you is something you have to evaluate. That evaluation takes time and brain power. Whenever possible, we should make the choices very very easy and few for the user. Things should "just work". <br /><br />It is true - the iPod, a battery powered device, doesn't have an off switch. Why are there so many ways to shut down my computer? These choices require 3 separate clicks - Start -> Little Arrow -> Actual Choice.<br /><br />Joel argues for reducing everything to a "B'Bye" button. One click and it prepares the computer for you being away. And it's just that simple. The task is "I'm trying to leave my computer." Therefore the design should not force the user to interact more with their computer!<br /><br />I'd only complicate this by putting in a place in the control panel where you can configure this behavior <span style="font-style: italic;">if you care enough to do it</span>.<br /><br />As I write more on <a href="http://snarkhunt.blogspot.com/2006/11/ui-design.html">user experience</a>, I'll put these posts under the label "User Experience". If that's all you are interested in, you can go <a href="http://snarkhunt.blogspot.com/search/label/user%20experience">here for just user experience posts</a>.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-20215430295395857352006-11-20T19:35:00.000-05:002006-11-20T19:54:50.593-05:00Design: Wallet<a href="http://www.dynomighty.com/product_detail.php?d=database%2Faccessories%2F31-DY-046%2FDY-046.php">I got a new wallet</a>. It's made out of Tyvek, the stuff that FedEx pouches are made out of. It's waterproof and unrippable. It's also paper thin and light and I love it.<br />It looks like an Airmail envelope.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3501/895/1600/666144/thisIsNotAnEnvelope.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3501/895/320/984180/thisIsNotAnEnvelope.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Full, it is smaller than my old leather wallet is.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3501/895/1600/468811/thinwallet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3501/895/320/486247/thinwallet.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Fits all the stuff I need, plus, I've added a tiny tiny little wallet pen so that I'm never without a pen. It's already come in handy once.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3501/895/1600/45028/wallet_pen.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3501/895/320/547676/wallet_pen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />That tiny silver thing in the middle is a <a href="http://www.eastgate.com/catalog/WalletPen.html">wallet pen</a>.<br />I love this wallet. It is beautiful and lovely and inspires me with how well designed it is.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-87210267607441110442006-11-20T08:05:00.000-05:002006-11-20T08:08:21.217-05:00Snow Trip: Crested Butte ColoradoBrian and I are looking for good folks to join us for a new years-ish trip to <a href="http://www.ski.com/interactive/crestedbuttemaps.aspx">Crested Butte</a>. Dates aren't firm yet. If you are interested - get in touch.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-69146323540746161012006-11-16T12:49:00.000-05:002006-11-16T12:58:09.373-05:00Concert: Marisa MonteTuesday night I went out with <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/60395915@N00/">Nate and Claudia</a> to go see <a href="http://www.google.com/musica?aid=rfzGE8uRBPO&sa=X&oi=music&ct=result">Marisa Monte</a>, a Brazilian singer-songwriter. I understood none of the songs, but it was very good music - chilled out stuff with lazy beats and happy melodies.<br /><br />The staging was sparse but very effective. A few lightboxes, a platform, a few lights on movable booms and a spot. That was it, but it allowed for so many different moods. <br /><br />Sometimes it suggested a warm homey room, sometimes a night out at 3 am when it's just you and the moon, sometimes a city night under streetlights... I wish I had pictures that turned out well.<br /><br />I was also pleasantly suprised that when I <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=marisa%20monte&hl=en">googled Marisa Monte</a>, the first result was a link for <a href="http://www.google.com/musicsearch?q=marisa+monte&sa=X&oi=music&ct=more-results">more info on Google Music</a> - what's all this? Those guys keep indexing all of the world's information in new ways!mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335341.post-7160190762505958392006-11-16T11:59:00.000-05:002006-11-16T12:29:31.319-05:00User Experience Principles: Avoid Choice but Allow ItJust had a long <a href="http://snarkhunt.blogspot.com/2006/11/ui-design.html">user experience</a> discussion with coworker Marc about concurrency problems in settings. <br />His argument:<br />Everything on a screen should be atomic.<br />My argument:<br />Concurrency should be resolved as often as possible <span style="font-weight: bold;">without</span> forcing the user to make a choice.<br />Alice opens up our settings application.<br />Bob opens up our settings application.<br />Alice changes the background color on the "Quantity" column in column view "Alpha" and then save it up to our server.<br />Bob reorders all of the columns in the Alpha column view to the order he thinks is appropriate for their group.<br />Bob saves the column view up to our server.<br /><br />Marc argues that Bob's settings should be rejected and he should reload in Alice's settings, then redo his work and save up to our server.<br /><br />I argue that Bob's settings don't conflict with Alice's because column order is a property of a column view, not of the columns themselves in the column view. Caption is a property of the individual column. <br />Consider that column order has no meaning for an individual column outside of a column view collection - this is true no matter how you represent these entities in a database.<br />Bob doesn't care about Alice's caption change, and we should avoid bothering him about it.<br />If he's changed the caption of the column as well, then we have a conflict. Bob should get notified that Alice made a conflicting change, we should tell him why it conflicts, and then he should get a choice to either abandon his change and accept hers or overwrite her change with his.<br /><br />Bob wants to change the <span style="font-style: italic;">order</span> of the columns in this column view. Alice wants to change the <span style="font-style: italic;">caption</span> of a column in that column view. <br />Because what they want does not conflict, we should not get in the way of what they are trying to do. We should just get it done, and let Bob know that Alice has updated some settings.mlkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857402835256432986noreply@blogger.com0