Amy, adding lengths in customary units:
5'8" + 6'11" + 29'2" = ? (convert to inches,add inches, reconvert to ft/in, what a mess!) same lengths in metric: 1.73 m + 2.11 m + 8.89 m = 12.73 m (as fast as you can add decimally!) Could you "speak" something like that, i.e., get across the advantage of the decimal basis of SI? That's what sold me originally. Designers ought to like that. -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. Phone +1(432)528-7724 www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://oleapothecary.blog.com Quoting Amy Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello everyone, > > I am a recent graduate who did a master's thesis on the metric > system. Coincidentally, I have been nominated as one of 20 young > designers to speak at a national design conference on October 11th > (National Metric Week!) in front of 2,500 designers, design > educators, and design commentators. Each of us has 60 seconds to > speak on any subject, and I want to make mine an opportunity to > spread the word on metrication. Although I have an idea what facts > would most startle and impress a newcomer audience, I think the > collective experience on this mailing list is greater than my own > knowledge any day. So I am writing you for your input: what are the > most memorable news items you've seen recently on this subject? To an > initially indifferent public, what are facts that you've discovered > to be most memorable to them? I am looking for facts that can be very > easily and quickly conveyed in these 60 seconds. > > Here is more information on the conference: > http://designconference2007.aiga.org/ > > Here are a few images from my thesis project. The complete campaign > and supporting arguments have been printed into 1000 books recently, > which I am going to mail out to people I hope can make a difference > once they become aware of the issue. > http://www.adobe.com/education/adaa/winners/2006/wang.html > > I hope you will be willing to help me, and look forward to reading > some exciting new news articles. > > Amy. > > -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. Phone +1(432)528-7724 www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://oleapothecary.blog.com
