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Hmm.  It looks like UY got skipped.  The study of the user's motivation and goals.  Like UI and UX, it's a real thing.  But that's really the job of concept or marketing.
 
Hmm.  It looks like UY got skipped.  The study of the user's motivation and goals.  Like UI and UX, it's a real thing.  But that's really the job of concept or marketing.
 
It began with Mabel. I'm not exactly sure which day of [https://letsfireurbossnow.com/memory-hack-review/ Memory Hack ] the week I first met her, but I'm certain January was the month. Time wasn't really important to her and when I was with her, it wasn't important to me either. She didn't depend on a calendar, and rarely, if ever, did she look at the clock.Mabel was in the latter stages of Alzheimer's disease when I first met her. She was a resident at the skilled nursing facility where I worked as an activity assistant.Mabel stood out to me wearing her glasses which almost emphasized her smooth complexion and virtually un-wrinkled skin. After her weekly visits to the beauty shop, her dark brown hair held patches of gray with tight curls. She wore no makeup giving her the appearance of someone much younger than her chronological age. I didn't know Mabel's age when we met and she never told me.
 
 
She rarely spoke to me at all. In fact, she hadn't spoken to anyone in quite some time; so you can imagine my surprise the first time I heard her voice.As we sat in the sitting room, the afternoon sun warmed the space. I stood in the middle of a circle with my charges, my back to Mabel. All the others in the room were just looking at me, waiting for some action to begin. Out from the corner came a staccato voice in a loud, nearly shrill tone, "One, two, three..."I quickly spun around to see the owner of this outburst, but the voice had vanished. I glanced in Mabel's direction, but as usual Mabel stared straight ahead, her eyes wide open and her expression blank.
 
 
I began passing out simple musical instruments to everyone in the circle-jingle bells for some, maracas for others. Our music circle would begin shortly. All of a sudden, the voice broke through the stillness, again strong and emphatic..."One, two, three..."This time, as I quickly twirled around like a dervish, I knew without a doubt those words were coming from the seemingly quiet and detached Mabel. I walked over to her, gently touching her shoulder, and asked, "Mabel? Are you alright?" She gave no response, only a mere pursing of her lips.As I stepped away, the voice broke the silence again. Indeed, Ms. Mabel spoke. My broad smile couldn't conceal my pleasure to hear her lively voice.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The comic as a whole is making fun of how meta software developers get about the user experience, seeking to name all the different types of interactions a user can have with an app or webpage. This comic is massive for me on my desktop (chrome); I wonder if this is a joke about bad UX or if it is a genuine error? Fwacer (talk) 18:50, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

It's not this big on xkcd.com. Did it start this big and got fixed on the original site? Update: replaced with the image from xkcd.com which was much smaller. Cgrimes85 (talk) 18:55, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
Looks like it is fixed now, but yes it was also that big on xkcd.com initially. Fwacer (talk) 19:19, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
It's bad U[even more unprintable glyph]. 172.68.226.114 08:27, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

To me, it comes across as a hyperbolic play on the common confusion between the meaning of UI and UX. [1] Ahiijny (talk) 19:06, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

It makes sense that it would be alpha and omega, but I originally thought it was the "proportional" symbol. I only ask because alpha is lowercase and omega is uppercase, although perhaps this was to avoid confusion with the Latin "A". Cgrimes85 (talk) 19:13, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Concerning the lowercase/uppercase difference, since alpha is the beginning and omega is the end, then consider that in the beginning we are born little and then grow up - we start out as lowercase and end up as uppercase. Ianrbibtitlht (talk) 19:30, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

This is a joke on integration, yes?172.69.68.129 19:33, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -- I guess the big in the comic being about the arc of the moral universe can reference the fight against segregation and thus for integration...
I meant mathematical integration...

I'm happy with the explanations I just added for everything but "Life's experience of time" -- does anyone know what that phrase is from? 172.68.133.54 05:48, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

I thought it was made by a U[unprintable glyph] designer. 172.68.226.64 07:40, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

No UK - well that is about par 141.101.107.240 20:45, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

On what level are those idiots who say "user doesn't need this setting, it would only confuse him"? -- Hkmaly (talk) 22:20, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

UG2 - user second-guessing. 172.68.142.197 06:27, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Why has Randall chosen this particular set of characters? Why Z? Why alpha and omega - the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, used in the bible quote "i am the alpha and omega" i.e. the beginning and the end, but what link with the subject? Or is it just a sequence of increasingly improbable characters from latin through Greek, then glyphs then unprintable glyphs..? 108.162.229.82 07:34, 26 April 2019 (UTC) Dancergraham

UX comes after UI in the alphabet, and so Randall first extended that to the last letter of the Latin alphabet, then Greek. Infinity then also makes sense, but I don't know about the bullet. Oliphaunt (talk) 09:08, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
Other than being the last letter of the Latin alphabet, I can't come up with any other meaning for "Z" to represent something in psychology. As for the remaining symbols, I think alpha might represent the "a" in actualization or the beginning of the user's awareness or life because alpha represents beginning. Since Omega means the end, this likely represents the end of the user's life, which determines the length of the arc of their life. I believe the infinity symbol is a reference to how time looks to the typical life of a user, since it extends well before and after a user's life. Lastly, I think the black circle might represent a view of morality as either a black hole or a dark subject. This is just my impressions. Ianrbibtitlht (talk) 13:31, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
I did think about "Z" representing Zen, but I'm not sure how that connects with psychology. Ianrbibtitlht (talk) 13:57, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
Zychology...162.158.91.95 14:29, 29 April 2019 (UTC)


My initial thought was that the black circle represents the "black point message" that crashed apps like whatsapp a while ago. I never saw it personally but Tom Scott did a video on it last year. It might be a commentary on how understanding of the universe's moral arc could be considered untouchable/unobtainable. Blik (talk) 14:30, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

I took the black circle as a Black Hole - that changes the arc of everything in the Universe! John.Adriaan (talk) 02:14, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Hmm. It looks like UY got skipped. The study of the user's motivation and goals. Like UI and UX, it's a real thing. But that's really the job of concept or marketing.