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#operation
Life, The Multiverse And Everything: An Introduction To The Ideas Of Humberto Maturana Interpreting Maturana
Distinction
Any operation that we may enact which results in the separation of an entity from a background, i.e. which simultaneously distinguishes a unity in its domain of existence. Thus we see that the existence of all phenomena is brought forth through making the appropriate operations…
Osx Dictionary
prong |prôNG| nou
prong |prôNG| noun 1 each of two or more projecting pointed parts at the end of a fork. • a projecting part on various other devices: a small rubber brush with large prongs. 2 each of the separate parts of an attack or operation: the three main prongs of the new government's…
Productivity And Screen Size
Operations vs. tasks
Apple's study focused at the wrong level of work. Pasting spreadsheet cells is not a user task, it's an operation at a low interaction level. More meaningful productivity has to be measured at a higher level, where users string together a sequence of operations to achieve their…