Out of Context Jargon

The curse of knowledge

is that we can no longer understand what it means to not know a thing. This collection of out-of-context jargon is meant to serve as a reminder that the world is unintelligible without a context. Perhaps if we were all a little more confused, we might be more patient and empathetic teachers.

06 "As with Initial and Focused Coding, analytic memo writing is a critical component of Axial Coding. The focus, however, is placed on the emergent and emerging codes themselves, along with the categories’ properties and dimensions."

- Johnny Saldana‎ highlights a key detail in coding qualitative research. (2009)

05 "You can use the data attribute on an element inside of a RTE. You can then add custom css to style the element in a custom code block or you can use javascript to add a class to elements that have the right data-name value pair."

- Jeff S. explains how to create image layouts in Webflow. (2019)

04 "The passive is the better construction when the done to, or the acted upon, is currently the target of the reader's mental gaze."

- 30:31, Steven Pinker explains when to use the passive voice in writing. (2014)

03 "The water flow sensor acts as an interlock for the laser operation."

- Gary Paulson explains a safety mechanism on the company laser cutter. (2020)

02 "He didn't have enough hearts, which are currency for the Holy Water, to optimally beat the Cookie Monster."

- Summoning Salt describes a player's Castlevania speed run strategy. (2019)

01 “We’re looking at the latency for the UMC 22, also recording at 42 kilohertz, with an I/O buffer size of 128 samples: we have 11.7 milliseconds round trip, or 4.5 milliseconds output.”

- Bandrew Scott describes the performance of an audio interface. (2018)