Indirection. That’s doing something apparently irrelevant to achieve a goal. For example, you want to record, say, Wayne Hemmingways classic appearance on the Art Show about branded home furnishings (the Versace Teapot? Really?… but I digress). You want to record the Art Show, right? But to do this you have to input the TIMES of the Art Show … starts at 20.00 ends at 20.30. Thats indirection that has been required because of the nature of the artifact - the recorder that works in time.
“When is the next train to East Didsbury?” is another question that I often have. Previously I had to be ‘indirected’ to find out what line the East Didsbury train ran on. I had to go find the timetable. If East Didsbury wasn’t the final destination for the train (which it never is) I might have to struggle to interpret the time. So I’m well pleased with the new Board at Manchester Station. I want to find the time of the train? No timetable indirection, no interpretation, not hard. The board lists the places trains go to from Manchester and the times that they go next. No messing, no indirection: This is Good!
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