Making spelling F-U-N with Google
Jigsaw & Washington Post
Development, UI, Concept
When we don’t understand technology terms, it can be hard to make informed decisions. So we made a dictionary to help everyone understand what’s going on.
The internet gave us a lot of interesting opportunities, but it also gave us a lot of new words: Phishing, Troll, Net Neutrality, Machine Learning, Blockchain etc. It can be hard to keep up, so we partnered with Jigsaw and Washington Post to make difficult tech terms easier to understand. The result is Sideways Dictionary - a tool for finding and sharing helpful analogies to explain technological terms. So if you’re unsure of the meaning of a phrase like "two factor authentication" you can hover over the phrase and get an analogy that explains that it is a security measure a bit "like a child safety lid" and that "a child may be able to press the lid down and twist it, but won't know that you have to do both at the same time."
With Sideways Dictionary and its companion Chrome extension, we are helping to foster better understanding of technology. It starts with basic fluency because you can't make informed decisions or protect yourself against a “phishing attack” if you don't know what that means.
Based on tech references, and stripped of unnecessary visual effects, the end result is a simplistic website focused around the search indicator and the terms.
The name, Sideways Dictionary, was inspired by the motion concept of moving sideways between the terms and analogies.
The video that explains the essence of Sideways Dictionary was created by the Google Creative Lab to promote the website.
We also created a Chrome extension, that gives you the power of analogies wherever you browse.
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Kufanya spelling F-U-N na Google Jigsaw & Washington Post Maendeleo, UI, Dhana Wakati sisi si kuelewa maneno ya teknolojia, inaweza kuwa vigumu kufanya maamuzi ya habari. Kwa hiyo tukafanya kamusi ili kusaidia kila mtu kuelewa nini kinaendelea. Mtandao umetoa fursa nyingi za kuvutia, lakini pia umetupa maneno mengi mapya: Phishing, Troll, Net Neutrality, Machine Learning, Blockchain, nk. Kwa hivyo, kwa sababu ya kuwa ngumu sana, tumejiunga na Jigsaw na Washington Post ili kufanya maneno magumu ya teknolojia iwe rahisi kuelewa. Matokeo ni Sideways Dictionary - chombo cha kupata na kushiriki ulinganifu muhimu kueleza maneno ya kiteknolojia. "Kama wewe ni uhakika wa maana ya maneno kama vile ""two-factor authentication"" unaweza kuweka mviringo juu ya maneno na kupata analogy kwamba anaelezea kwamba ni hatua ya usalama kidogo ""kama kidole usalama"" na kwamba ""mtoto anaweza kuwa na uwezo wa kubonyeza kidole chini na twist ni, lakini si kujua kwamba una kufanya wote kwa wakati mmoja." Kwa kutumia kamusi ya Sideways na kiendelezi chake cha Chrome, tunasaidia kukuza uelewa bora wa teknolojia. Inaanza na ufasaha wa msingi kwa sababu huwezi kufanya maamuzi ya ufahamu au kujilinda dhidi ya "shambulio la udanganyifu" ikiwa hujui inamaanisha nini. Kulingana na marejeleo ya teknolojia, na kuondolewa kwa athari zisizohitajika za kuona, matokeo ya mwisho ni tovuti rahisi iliyoelekezwa karibu na kiashiria cha utafutaji na maneno. Jina, Sideways Dictionary, liliongozwa na dhana ya mwendo wa kusonga upande kati ya maneno na ulinganifu. Video ambayo inaelezea kiini cha Sideways Dictionary iliundwa na Google Creative Lab ili kukuza tovuti. Pia tumeunda ugani wa Chrome, ambayo inakupa nguvu ya ulinganifu popote unapoangalia. Tovuti ya Siku