A few of us at work are responding to this post about talking about those who use our applications and services and something other than users. They are just people trying to do things, that's the focus we should have.
In order to combat continually slipping and referring to these people as users, we've instituted a simple system, a punch in the arm. If you use the work, anyone is free to punch you in the arm. After a bit, you are either numb from the constant punches or you're watching yourself and the words you use.
We are just doing it among the folks who've read the post and agree with it. We figured it wouldn't be the best plan to start randomly punching unsuspecting folks.
Posted by Josh at July 27, 2007 06:53 AM