Tag: failure
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Incompetence
Just a quick post about incompetence on a very small but very personal level. It has just taken me three attempts to put the correct URLs in the correct places in a blog post. The problem? There were only two references to get in the right order and yet it still took three attempts. This…
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Taking cuttings
The winter just gone took its toll on several plants in the garden. One particular casualty was a rosemary bush which was dead apart from the end of one branch. Rosemary is one of my favourite herbs to cook with and so a month or two ago I took a cutting. This evening I planted…
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The Hazards of Forced Participation
If someone has had the opportunity (gaps in talking) to contribute to a group discussion, but hasn’t spoken up, then maybe: they haven’t got anything they want to contribute at that moment; or they don’t feel comfortable or confident expressing their views in the group situation; and they may well not appreciate any attempts, within…
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Tolerance of the learning curve
Having read David’s post about Dwarf Fortress (I keep wanting to call it Gnome Fortress for some reason) I had a “quick” play. Admittedly my interest in computer games peaked when I owned a SNES (a D-pad and six buttons really should be enough for anything) and since then my tolerance of computer game complexity…
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McMeetup 11 May
Lots of interesting ideas from yesterday’s meeting but I was particularly taken with our discussion of what constitutes “success” and “failure” in a project and the value of documenting problems and unexpected outcomes for future reference. The invention of Teflon seems a good example of achieving an unexpected success from an activity. Definitely more scope…
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