But now when I want to get water for making coffee, I automatically go to the old room first, and when I get there I think "Argh! Why can't I remember that we've made this change?"
This reminded me of the syntax changes made to Visual Basic when VB.NET superceded VB6. While most of the syntax changes were good ideas, it doesn't make things easy for programmers who are used to doing something one way for years and suddenly have to start doing it differently. Argh!
Or when Windows 2000 Professional replaced Windows NT 4.0 Workstation on my desktop computer. In NT days, I used to lock my workstation by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and then the W key (for "lock Workstation"). But with Windows 2000, Microsoft changed this to pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and pressing the K key (for "locK computer"). Argh!!
Which makes me wonder sometimes what one can do to help break long-standing habits. I don't mean addictions, but simply things one gets used to doing as a result of repetitious behavior...
Still, I did manage to make coffee for myself this morning, and the extra walk around the office was probably good for me...
Mitch Tulloch is the author of Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell, Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell, and Windows Server Hacks.
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