Exactly. Asking a question requires first formulating the problem. I fight code or related problem very often, like it was a strong bad guy that deserves a punch. Asking myself or the list simply "why, why, why..." or "I can't..." may explain my frustration and bad feelings, but not the problem itself. And the solution, when we got all needed knowledge is just the mirror reflection of the problem. Heh, philosophy ;)
g Sunday, November 22, 2009 (7:26:21 PM) Kerry Thompson wrote: > Nathan Mynarcik wrote: >> I think the reason why the teddy bear idea works is because you get up and > walk >> away from the project and think. > That's part of it. I've used the teddy bear technique a lot, and it forces > me to really think through the process I'm using. I find that if I can't > explain my problem to the bear, I don't understand it myself. Forming a > detailed explanation has given me an "aha!" moment more times than I can > remember. > It often goes something like "I do this, then this, get a return value, send > it to this object, and get a void return... hang on... That's it! I have the > function returning a value, but I declared the function as void. D'oh!" > If you can explain the problem in detail, you can probably fix it. > Cordially, > Kerry Thompson > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
