Comments on: Thinking And Doing http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/04/05/thinking-and-doing/ Where Ideas are Valued.. and Evaluated Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:02:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Haider http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/04/05/thinking-and-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Haider Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:03:06 +0000 http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/04/05/thinking-and-doing/#comment-362 Bashar, thank you for that insight. I *absolutely* agree with you that many projects can grow by simply working your way through them, without defining how the work should be done. I often gain a lot of inspiration from simply starting my work, and finding out how things should be done by looking at the code and tweaking it as I go along. But there are cases when you need to get a task done, and it's difficult to juggle all the details you need to consider in your head while doing the task. Suppose you need to work with 5 programs while you're coding. If you're not familiar with what programs you should open up, what files to open, etc. your pace will slow down as you think: "Hold on, what do I need to do next? What else do I need?" etc You can simply have a checklist in front of you that lists all the programs you need to open up, which will reduce the amount of thinking you need to do about your work while you work. The more proficient you are in your work, the less thinking you need to do about it :) Bashar, thank you for that insight. I *absolutely* agree with you that many projects can grow by simply working your way through them, without defining how the work should be done. I often gain a lot of inspiration from simply starting my work, and finding out how things should be done by looking at the code and tweaking it as I go along.

But there are cases when you need to get a task done, and it’s difficult to juggle all the details you need to consider in your head while doing the task. Suppose you need to work with 5 programs while you’re coding. If you’re not familiar with what programs you should open up, what files to open, etc. your pace will slow down as you think: “Hold on, what do I need to do next? What else do I need?” etc

You can simply have a checklist in front of you that lists all the programs you need to open up, which will reduce the amount of thinking you need to do about your work while you work.

The more proficient you are in your work, the less thinking you need to do about it :)

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]]> By: Bashar http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/04/05/thinking-and-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Bashar Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:37:17 +0000 http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/04/05/thinking-and-doing/#comment-360 In the programming field, I sometimes take the time to write up a proper scope and vision document. Most of those time the project never takes off the ground for some reason :). Others I tend to take the "I'll see how it goes " when I'm not sure what exactly the final product will be. I just have a mere idea in mind of what I want it to be. But I think in the software industry, sometimes think work out like this. Take Java for instance. It was meant for cable televisions or something like that, and then it became the best platform for enterprise apps. Have you heard about the <a href="http://blogallalong.com/2007/03/07/3-great-lessons-from-the-father-of-ipod/" rel="nofollow">connect dots backward</a> theory Jobs talked about? In the programming field, I sometimes take the time to write up a proper scope and vision document. Most of those time the project never takes off the ground for some reason :) . Others I tend to take the “I’ll see how it goes ” when I’m not sure what exactly the final product will be. I just have a mere idea in mind of what I want it to be.

But I think in the software industry, sometimes think work out like this. Take Java for instance. It was meant for cable televisions or something like that, and then it became the best platform for enterprise apps. Have you heard about the connect dots backward theory Jobs talked about?

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