We are all too familiar with how differently different people react to the same thing. Just think about the recent 'crisis' about the white/gold or black/blue dress controversy. Who would imagine that this would strike such a responsive chord. But the reality is that we have no idea how other people literally see things. My kids and I have spent many a summer afternoon quizzing my husband about the colors of the boats in the harbor - and then laughing (yes, we are that cruel) as we argue about his answers. He sees dark blue, black and dark green very differently than we do.
So I was fascinated to come across an article about seeing (or not) colors. This simply is the most mind blowing (forgive the 60's reference)article and concept that I have even come across. I really encourage your reading the article and especially looking at the color test given to a tribe in Namibia. Amazing. Truly, we see the world around us in hugely different ways. It is amazing that we get along as well as we do!
So it is no surprise that some people think the new main floor arrangement is great, others don't care, and some hate it. The same with the BISAC project. Some of our users are lamenting the loss of Dewey, others apparently aren't noticing the difference enough to comment. The trick is to strike a positive chord with the majority, since as John Lydgate: "You can please some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time".
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