We get good at doing things. we like it. We are in the zone. we cruise.Then we hit a plateau. No more improvement, no acceleration in performance. We shouldn't let that happen. We need to be shaken up once in a while. The bar has to be set higher. We need to make better/become better at, the things that really matter...
That is what Ray Bradbury says beautifully in his Fahrenheit 451.
"We need not be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in awhile. How long has it been since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?"
When were you really bothered last?
I write about Software Development, General management and what interests me in Science, Maths, Photography and Farming. Former is based on my experience as a Project Manager and what i read (books, articles, blogs), the later is a residue from my college days . Photography,Farming , Yoga and Travel got added subsequently. If you are wondering about the 'Everything else' part, it is inspired by Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series by Douglas Adams.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Rumination on Programming - Notes to self....
A person thinking of himself as a programmer, because he/she knows a programming language, like Java or C++, is the same as a person thinking of himself/herself a Poet because he/she knows English...
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