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UI IntuitionSeptember 6, 2008
My mind loves to ponder UI, and ways to expose functionality without cluttering it up.
Today when I was using Google Chrome, I asked myself, how can I get a list of sites I've been to since there isn't a drop-down button beside the back button? I thought, wouldn't it be clever if the user held down the mouse button while clicking the back button, the list would appear?
I tried it and it happened. Then I smiled :)
Being thankful for energySeptember 6, 2008
When I'm faced with getting a bunch of stuff done, it can feel a little daunting, but I'm learning to say thanks to God for the energy, fitness, and motivation to be productive. I guess I find this thought novel since perhaps we're tempted to thank ourselves / pat ourselves on the back for getting things done, but it's good to remember that energy and abilities are actually a pretty great gift.
Exercise 9: Relationships with propertiesSeptember 6, 2008
SummaryThe core objective of exercise 9 is to allow relationships to be defined that themselves have parameters. For example:
| person has(count:0+) sister |
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This says that a person can have 0 or more sisters. It defines the base relationship
person has sister and then attaches the property
count = 0+ to that relationship. Another way it could be notated:
| (person has sister).count = 0 |
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A transformation's output specification must support this new notation, which may contain variables. For example:
| {noun} {has_have} {number} {noun} -> $1 has(count:$3) $4 |
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A secondary objective is to ensure that entities can have not only properties, but properties of properties. For example:
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