tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567689463504893068.post2930760626754813816..comments2009-01-19T19:35:00.038-08:00Jim Smelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346100806878613279noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567689463504893068.post-68732800465302587962009-01-19T19:35:00.000-08:002009-01-19T19:35:00.000-08:00I agree with your argument. Irrelevant metaphors aren't a new problem... George Orwell <A HREF="http://orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit" REL="nofollow">wrote about it</A> back in 1946!<BR/><BR/>Finding relevant metaphors would be a great service to IT and to the community at large. There's definitely a need for some good ones: it's how non-technical people make sense of a world which is increasingly technocentric. It's also a way to bridge the IT-business gap. <BR/><BR/>As Orwell said, <I>"A newly invented metaphor assists thought by evoking a visual image"</I>. Who wouldn't want that?Vishal Bardoloihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18169603165070335677noreply@blogger.com