There’s a moment in just about every project when you have to do something ridiculous to appease someone: a design direction to try that you know is going to be totally unworkable, an extra presentation for a big boss, some model or power point slide to explain the obvious, or a really unnecessary meeting. Luckily I’ve heard a great new phrase for this sort of silliness, to be used when it arises: “Dance for Grandma!” It’s usually accompanied by rhythmic hand-clapping. Brilliant.
Ha! I’ve been calling that “Dance Monkey” in honor of all the little crowd pleasing simians wearing tiny fez hats and embroidered vests gyrating to the rhythmic hurdy-gurdy playing of some crusty old eastern European former-acrobat.
Same concept. Same silly frustration. Slightly different name.