FROM : J. Todd Slack
DATE : Wed Mar 19 19:47:44 2008
Hi Randall,
> On Mar 19, 2008, at 12:37 PM, J. Todd Slack wrote:
>> But one note, you mentioned stopping coding...if I did that, I would
>> not
>> have dug to solve the problem...Is there not something to be said
>> for those
>> that ³try and try again² until they get it right or maybe ³Practice
>> makes
>> perfect²?
>
> I interpreted his point to be, before blindly jumping down into the
> rabbit hole, take a break and read up on some of the basic stuff,
> learn the layout of the docs and the frameworks, so that once you
> enter the rabbit hole, you'll have a better intuition of which tunnels
> to follow. Then, your "try and try again" may be simply reduced to
> "try again".
>
> Don't stop, just pause... :)
Yeah, I can see how he could have meant it that way too..I am not bashing
him or anything, please realize..maybe I just detected a tone that was not
really there. That is one down fall of email, you never really know how
someone means what they have written....
-Jason
DATE : Wed Mar 19 19:47:44 2008
Hi Randall,
> On Mar 19, 2008, at 12:37 PM, J. Todd Slack wrote:
>> But one note, you mentioned stopping coding...if I did that, I would
>> not
>> have dug to solve the problem...Is there not something to be said
>> for those
>> that ³try and try again² until they get it right or maybe ³Practice
>> makes
>> perfect²?
>
> I interpreted his point to be, before blindly jumping down into the
> rabbit hole, take a break and read up on some of the basic stuff,
> learn the layout of the docs and the frameworks, so that once you
> enter the rabbit hole, you'll have a better intuition of which tunnels
> to follow. Then, your "try and try again" may be simply reduced to
> "try again".
>
> Don't stop, just pause... :)
Yeah, I can see how he could have meant it that way too..I am not bashing
him or anything, please realize..maybe I just detected a tone that was not
really there. That is one down fall of email, you never really know how
someone means what they have written....
-Jason
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