When using a public restroom, after I wash my hands, I need to dry them, right? One can't go into the world with one's hands dripping with water. That's why we've got electric hand dryers that blow hot air.

Personally, I prefer paper towels because it seems faster to me (5-10 seconds) than using the hand dryer (20-30 seconds), but sometimes they don't give you that option, because that would require additional janitorial staff to come in and empty the wastebaskets filled with discarded paper towels. So, we have the hand dryers. You know what I love about hand dryers? Those hieroglyphical instructions that explain how to use them. In case you didn't know. (Read more...)

So, just what do we mean by "It do what it do"?

Back in October, my IDWID cohort, Michael Freimann, definied "It Do What It Do" as the following:

For too long, media attention has been given to the overachievers or those who stand in the spotlight. The irony of this, of course, is that it is the rank and file, the Average Joe and the consistently good — but not great — elements of our society that really make things work. This web page is a salute to all of those things — people, places, products, what have you — that do what they are supposed to do — and only that.

That was back when IDWID.com was simply a vanity URL, registered as a joke under that always popular motivation known as "because I can." (Read more...)