http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/stop-thinking-like-a-technician Adam DuVander’s thoughts on keeping things simple. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/stop-thinking-like-a-technician/comment-page-1#comment-1408 Simplicity Rules » Education in a Taxicab Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:05:21 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/stop-thinking-like-a-technician#comment-1408 [...] Just try not to think like a technician (or a member of the elite). [...] [...] Just try not to think like a technician (or a member of the elite). [...]

]]> http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/stop-thinking-like-a-technician/comment-page-1#comment-1407 Simplicity Rules » Think of the possibilities Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:40:22 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/stop-thinking-like-a-technician#comment-1407 [...] Some might call this thinking outside the box. I’d say it’s a darn fine example of not thinking like a technician. But I think it goes beyond that, to say a lot about humans’ innate ability to let go of constraints and be passively creative (much different than brainstorming on a whiteboard and voting on the “best” ideas later). [...] [...] Some might call this thinking outside the box. I’d say it’s a darn fine example of not thinking like a technician. But I think it goes beyond that, to say a lot about humans’ innate ability to let go of constraints and be passively creative (much different than brainstorming on a whiteboard and voting on the “best” ideas later). [...]

]]> http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/stop-thinking-like-a-technician/comment-page-1#comment-1406 Simplicity Rules » Knowing too much can be bad Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:15:11 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/stop-thinking-like-a-technician#comment-1406 [...] If Fritz knew all the toil it would take to make the system count his rodents, he might have acquiesced to the poor solution. But Fritz was not thinking like a technician, so he was able to come up with the optimal solution. [...] [...] If Fritz knew all the toil it would take to make the system count his rodents, he might have acquiesced to the poor solution. But Fritz was not thinking like a technician, so he was able to come up with the optimal solution. [...]

]]> http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/stop-thinking-like-a-technician/comment-page-1#comment-1405 Simplicity Rules » Knowing nothing can be good Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:08:56 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/stop-thinking-like-a-technician#comment-1405 [...] My dad is a technician. With a degree in mechanical engineering, he knows his nuts and bolts. So, he devised a puzzle that fooled fellow technicians, but was solvable by those blissfully ignorant of his mechanical ways. The solution required someone to not think like a technician. [...] [...] My dad is a technician. With a degree in mechanical engineering, he knows his nuts and bolts. So, he devised a puzzle that fooled fellow technicians, but was solvable by those blissfully ignorant of his mechanical ways. The solution required someone to not think like a technician. [...]

]]> http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/stop-thinking-like-a-technician/comment-page-1#comment-1404 Mike Duffy Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:10:49 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/stop-thinking-like-a-technician#comment-1404 Beginner's mind, grasshopper. Beginner’s mind, grasshopper.

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