DesignAday

My name is Jack Moffett. I am an Interaction Designer with over ten years of experience. According to Herb Simon, that makes me an expert, so I must have something worth sharing. I have started this venture as an exercise to spur critical thinking about my chosen profession. I hope that others may find it thought provoking as well.

DesignAday will present a brief thought about Design every weekday.
Apr 29
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Sent from my iPhone

Thus reads the default signature in Mail on the iPhone. Thus far, I have not made the effort to change it, nor have many others I know. Are we declaring bragging rights? Is it due to a desire to be recognized as a member of the club, much as early PT Cruiser owners made congratutory honks and waves at each other? Or is it an excuse—a plea to forgive typos, sentence fragments, and brevity?

More importantly, how is it received? Other iPhone owners will understand. Those without may read with envy or with contempt, or even with indifference.

And how does it differ, in sending as well as receiving, from the instigating “Sent from my Blackberry”?