Push vs Pull
This entry is an off shoot of a previous entry called " Every famous Writer hears this. But nobody asked me."
I got this observation report from watching my brother creating a comparison bar graph for his school work.
Just before I go outside I try to ask my brother if they want anything from the store while I'm out. In this certain event my brother was in the middle of he's school work. But he was having some issues with the program that creates the graph for his school work, the bars kept coming out as zero when the data he gave it was clearly not.
In the midst of showing me the problem he then decided to show me how the graph should be displayed. One accidental deletion later he pulls the program back up and types the data in the matter of two minutes. To his pleasant surprise it easily creates what he wanted the program to do.
Now, like any other report I will reveal my observational side of this event.
Before I entered my brother's room he was in deep focus on his homework. If I compare that to my experiences my mind would be thinking about more then one thing while I was creating the graph. Maybe thinking about how I should display this differently then others, or was other steps it will take to get the school work done. All this would be background noise in the brain.
Then when I entered, most of the background noise dissipate. Not because of the mere presents of me but the focus of show me how the work should be. Essentially, a smidgen of showing off. Now with a person present, one could have an easier time calling on the memories of how to create the basic version of the project. just something simple to show proof of the work and not the potentially elaborate version that was playing around in the brain.
My brothers was trying to create something that he thought should work before actually making a something he knows would work. I'm not trying to dis him for his creativity but just providing an observation on how everyone can find an easier way to create.
So here's my helpful tip:
When you are working on any project that you plan on making overly-elaborate just make the basic working version first. The one you know that can work and then build upon that project. This is so you have something you know that will work to fall back on.
I got this observation report from watching my brother creating a comparison bar graph for his school work.
Just before I go outside I try to ask my brother if they want anything from the store while I'm out. In this certain event my brother was in the middle of he's school work. But he was having some issues with the program that creates the graph for his school work, the bars kept coming out as zero when the data he gave it was clearly not.
In the midst of showing me the problem he then decided to show me how the graph should be displayed. One accidental deletion later he pulls the program back up and types the data in the matter of two minutes. To his pleasant surprise it easily creates what he wanted the program to do.
Now, like any other report I will reveal my observational side of this event.
Before I entered my brother's room he was in deep focus on his homework. If I compare that to my experiences my mind would be thinking about more then one thing while I was creating the graph. Maybe thinking about how I should display this differently then others, or was other steps it will take to get the school work done. All this would be background noise in the brain.
Then when I entered, most of the background noise dissipate. Not because of the mere presents of me but the focus of show me how the work should be. Essentially, a smidgen of showing off. Now with a person present, one could have an easier time calling on the memories of how to create the basic version of the project. just something simple to show proof of the work and not the potentially elaborate version that was playing around in the brain.
My brothers was trying to create something that he thought should work before actually making a something he knows would work. I'm not trying to dis him for his creativity but just providing an observation on how everyone can find an easier way to create.
So here's my helpful tip:
When you are working on any project that you plan on making overly-elaborate just make the basic working version first. The one you know that can work and then build upon that project. This is so you have something you know that will work to fall back on.