A few years ago I administered a test in which I asked students to expand the KISS acronym (“Keep It Simple Stupid”). Although I had explained the KISS principle during the classes, I got some “interesting answers”:
- Kinesthetic Interface State System
- Keystroke Interface System Software
- Keyboard Input Single Static
- Keystroke Interface Selection
- Knowledge Identify Simplify Steps
- Keystroke Interface System
- Knowledge Interesting Sensitive
- Key Interface Sensitive Software
- Keyboard, Interaction, Selection, Separation
- Keystroke Interaction Simple
- — Interface Simple Stupid
- Keystroke Interaction — —
- Keep It Simply Stupid
- Keystroke Interface State
- Keystroke Interface Selection State
- Keyboard Interaction Service System
- Keystroke Interaction Selection System
- Keystroke Interaction Shape State machine
- Keystroke Interaction System Solution
- Keyword Interface Simple Services
- Keystroke Interface Service Simple
- Keep Interface Simple System
- Keystrocking (sic) Interactivity Size Shape
- Kiosk Interactive Simple Software
- Keyboard Interface Signification Sensibility
- Kinestesic Interaction Sensor Sensitive
- Knowledgeable Interactive Simple Safe
- and finally: Kabul Is Soft Saber (for Bush)