Comments on: The human brain is pretty amazing: Who needs ‘Leetspeak’? http://pod6.com/blog_wp/2007/02/18/the-human-brain-is-pretty-amazing-who-needs-leetspeak/ Flash-centric application and UI development. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:46:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Craig Babcock http://pod6.com/blog_wp/2007/02/18/the-human-brain-is-pretty-amazing-who-needs-leetspeak/comment-page-1/#comment-6519 Craig Babcock Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:24:21 +0000 http://pod6.com/blog_wp/2007/02/18/the-human-brain-is-pretty-amazing-who-needs-leetspeak/#comment-6519 <blockquote>This was making its way around the net some years ago...</blockquote>Yeah, I thought I'd seen this posted a while ago. <blockquote>...Within a day, variants were posted that were not readily comprehensible because they used words that were longer and less common than those used in the original.</blockquote>I had considered describing situations where jumbled text would not work, i.e. longer words, phone numbers, addresses, statistical data, etc., but decided just to focus on the fact this approach even works at all. I think there is also an interesting point to be made regarding information architecture - that some information is generic and much of its value comes from relative context, while other information is specific and very much dependent upon an exact sequence of bits.

This was making its way around the net some years ago…

Yeah, I thought I’d seen this posted a while ago.

…Within a day, variants were posted that were not readily comprehensible because they used words that were longer and less common than those used in the original.

I had considered describing situations where jumbled text would not work, i.e. longer words, phone numbers, addresses, statistical data, etc., but decided just to focus on the fact this approach even works at all.

I think there is also an interesting point to be made regarding information architecture – that some information is generic and much of its value comes from relative context, while other information is specific and very much dependent upon an exact sequence of bits.

]]> By: L. Thomas Martin http://pod6.com/blog_wp/2007/02/18/the-human-brain-is-pretty-amazing-who-needs-leetspeak/comment-page-1/#comment-6499 L. Thomas Martin Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:20:27 +0000 http://pod6.com/blog_wp/2007/02/18/the-human-brain-is-pretty-amazing-who-needs-leetspeak/#comment-6499 This was making its way around the net some years ago and, if I recall correctly, was devised to test how quickly the message spread across the net rather than as a serious investigation of how important consistent spelling was for comprehension. Within a day, variants were posted that were not readily comprehensible because they used words that were longer and less common than those used in the original. LTM This was making its way around the net some years ago and, if I recall correctly, was devised to test how quickly the message spread across the net rather than as a serious investigation of how important consistent spelling was for comprehension. Within a day, variants were posted that were not readily comprehensible because they used words that were longer and less common than those used in the original.

LTM

]]> By: Ryan Stewart http://pod6.com/blog_wp/2007/02/18/the-human-brain-is-pretty-amazing-who-needs-leetspeak/comment-page-1/#comment-6472 Ryan Stewart Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:13:17 +0000 http://pod6.com/blog_wp/2007/02/18/the-human-brain-is-pretty-amazing-who-needs-leetspeak/#comment-6472 Hah! That's pretty cool! I wonder how long it took you to write that ;) Also, we need to get lunch or something soon, I'll drop you an email. Hah! That’s pretty cool! I wonder how long it took you to write that ;)

Also, we need to get lunch or something soon, I’ll drop you an email.

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