Random Analogies

It The Seattle Of Seattle Or Something......

a: Portland oregon ~
b: the Seattle of the pacific northwest

What: "Portland is like the Seattle of the pacific northwest."

Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 16 2012 7:03 PM


Pittsburgh As Covered Furniture

a: Pittsburgh ~
b: good furniture covered in plastic

What: "Pittsburgh is like that expensive furniture at your grandmother's house that she keeps covered with that sticky plastic. It looks really nice these days, but you always end up leaving feeling uncomfortable and wonder who it's being saved for."

Useful?
Writer: Jim W
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jun 7 2012 5:47 PM


At The End Of The World

a: Watching citizen kane ~
b: massage with a sander

What:

"I will demand that my film professors finally admit that watching Citizen Kane is like getting a full body massage with an orbital sander."


Useful?
Writer: Eyal Alony
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 16 2014 1:00 PM



a: Enterprise software ~
b: Sophisticated Singing Group

What:

"Enterprise software is several orders of magnitude more complex than departmental software. It has to manage the needs of may diverse users and functions in a way that everyone gets what they need. It has to coordinate the interaction of lots of objectives and transactions and data sources and worry about things like timing and sequence and flow."


Useful?
Writer: Dennis Stevenson
LCC:
Where:
Date: Feb 23 2015 5:41 PM



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