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<\/p>\nSometimes more really isn’t the answer.<\/p>\n
Case and point – dishes at your house. \u00a0I saw this picture and college days of yore flooded back:<\/p>\n
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At one bachelor flat I lived at – our sink often looked like this. \u00a0We had 4 guys living in one house, and dishes weren’t a high-priority item. \u00a0So, they tended to pile up and then nobody seemed to remember who dirtied what and an endless cycle of blame and avoidance resulted.<\/p>\n
The solution: throw out all the extra dishes. \u00a0Instead, there was *exactly 1* set of silverware, plate, and glass for each person. \u00a0Further, each one was color-coded. \u00a0Red plate\/cup\/silverware was Bob’s. \u00a0Green was Fred’s, etc. \u00a0That meant if you wanted to eat something, then you had to have washed your stuff to do so. \u00a0It also meant if you left your dirty dishes around – the\u00a0culprit\u00a0was immediately\u00a0identifiable. \u00a0The first benefit was that with only 4 plates in the house, a ‘pile’ of them never got very big. \u00a0The second was that very quickly the innocents were vindicated, and slobs were identified. (We still had a full set of ‘nice’ dishes for when people came over for a dinner – but they were in a\u00a0separate\u00a0cupboard. \u00a0Anyone seen using those individually would be berated furiously). \u00a0 The system worked like a charm and there was\u00a0nary\u00a0an argument about dishes for the rest of the time I lived there.<\/p>\n
I think this is a\u00a0corollary to many a home-owner’s observation that\u00a0your possessions naturally expand to fit the space you have. \u00a0 Or maybe Apple’s design philosophy that sometimes its the limitations you put on the usage of the device that actually allow easier and higher functionality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sometimes more really isn’t the answer. Case and point – dishes at your house. \u00a0I saw this picture and college days of yore flooded back: At one bachelor flat I lived at – our sink often looked like this. \u00a0We had 4 guys living in one house, and dishes weren’t a high-priority item. \u00a0So, they tended to pile up and then nobody seemed to remember who dirtied what and an endless cycle of blame and avoidance resulted. The solution: throw…<\/p>\n