03 January 2007

lobsession

A typo that creates a word notion that's fun to play with... I was describing someone's unnatural obsession with user interfaces when I mis-typed it as "lobsession". It conjures an image in my mind - the lobbing of one's thoughts into a public space. Like brainstorming, but with slightly more connection to the idea - in traditional brainstorming, people are encouraged to not prejudge their thoughts before voicing them.

I'd propose that in a lobsession (Lob Session) one would have some ownership of an idea, and presumably it would be more developed than just something that just popped into your head. Thoughts can be outlandish in a lobsession, but they have to be Supportably Outlandish. They have to have backstory or be internally consistent or have continuity.

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