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Bastard Programmer from Hell 
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: What is creative about walking a rope?
That is exactly how I felt when I originally heard about him walking between the two buildings.
I also read his book on a whim and in some ways to just point out how ridiculous it was.
Then I read his book on Creativity and I really liked how he thinks. He looks at things from many angles.
Tight-rope Walking Between Trade Center Towers
Now, you've thought about it abstractly, like "ok big deal, so you do some stupid stunt that is dangerous".
But really think about everything you'd have to do to get to the point where you could walk on a wire between two buildings 90 stories up.
First of all you have to be able to confidently walk a tight rope. This is not a skill you build over night.
Next, you have to figure out how to get the wire between the two buildings without authorities noticing.
How do you get access? How do you get the wire installed so it is safe enough?
That's The Creativity Part
You see, in some ways you saw the task like a manager does : as some abstract thing that has no point and/or "should be easy enough".
But when you have to look at the task as the person who is actually building the thing then the thing becomes something completely different.
In other words, managers often only see only the bottom line and a have a "get it done" attitude so they cannot understand that some creative tasks are more difficult than others.
Meanwhile, we who are on the ground building the thing know the intimate details of how difficult it actually is to install a wire between two buildings so it is so sturdily installed that a life can actually depend upon it.
Then, layer on top of that, all the human fears, doubts, interpersonal actions and the rest and you see there is much more to building a thing or walking on a tight rope than some stupid trick.
This is the part that is about "thinking differently".
Why?
I've been building a device which is a Arudino nano, 20x4 LCD screen, and a bluetooth module and an SD card reader. I have it running and I showed my wife that I can send text from my Android phone to the little device and the message will show up on the screen and write the message to a file on the microSD card.
It takes about 20 seconds to demo but it took me a few days to get it all working -- LCD screens are a pain.
Anyways, my wife saw the demo and said, "but why would you need to do that?"
Answer: "Because I can!...and wasn't sure I could...and because someone else can't!" 
I learned tons doing that and it will be appear in an article here sometime.
modified 11-Nov-17 10:07am.
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Yuck.
raddevus wrote: He looks at things from many angles.
I am not creative, but yet I make an effort to look at things from all angles that I can identify.
It is not magic, it is structured effort. Nothing else - spare me the marketing-drivel.
--edit
Upvoted for obvious reasons
Bastard Programmer from Hell
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modified 11-Nov-17 19:06pm.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
It is not magic, it is structured effort. Nothing else
Agree 100%
Eddy Vluggen wrote: spare me the marketing-drivel.
Yes, keep all ideas to your self in this forum from now on. The forum will be a much quicker read that way. 😁
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raddevus wrote: Yes, keep all ideas to your self in this forum from now on.
Not what I meant; it felt like a sales-pitch. The link, which I may have confused with the comment 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
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No problem. It's all good.
I try to find inspiration towards creative work wherever I can and when I find it I like to share it with others. I was amazed that the movie based on the ridiculous idea of walking on the tightrope between two buildings could be so good and be so inspirational. Also, my wife, who really dislikes documentaries liked the movie too. We were both amazed that a story where you know the outcome (that he does indeed walk between the buildings could keep us on the edge of our seats like that one did.
It's directed by Robert Zemeckis (sp?) who is a really great director.
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raddevus wrote: I learned tons doing that and it will be appear in an article here sometime.
Yes please! I would love to read that!
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Marc Clifton wrote: Yes please! I would love to read that!
Thanks very much. Always appreciate knowing someone out there is interested in these little projects too.
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I remember that article. Fantastic work and I really enjoyed it and rated it a 5. 
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raddevus wrote: Fantastic work and I really enjoyed it and rated it a 5.
Ah! Thanks! 
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I was making a collection of methods and figured, "hey, I'll call that a madness" -- think about it.
But now I've decided I need it to be a collection of delegates -- shouldn't that be called a "congress"?
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: shouldn't that be called a "congress"?
only if you expect them to never really do anything!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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No that would be a collecton of morons
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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Mike Hankey wrote: No that would be a collected ton of morons
FTFY!
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Mike Hankey wrote: No that would be a collecton of morons
If it is a political meeting then it is probably a collecton of morons.
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Sounds more like a collection of null pointers.
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Just saw this tweet from Stroustrup (creator of C++) and had to share it:
Bjarne Stroustrup "I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone."
Yes, even experienced technologists are confused by technology.
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Every time Herself wants to send a text, she grabs a passing teenager, and gets them to type it into her phone for her ... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Every time Herself wants to send a text, she grabs a passing teenager, and gets them to type it into her phone for her
True LOL!
You _are_ kidding though, right?... Right?...
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I wish I was...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Dunno if this is more or less appalling, but if you text my Mom she'll eventually (potentially weeks later when she needs to place/receive a call and finally turns her phone on and sees the notification) call you back (quite possibly on the landline) and remind you that she doesn't know how to read texts on her phone and has no idea what you tried sending her.  
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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One of the good things about mobiles is that there are iphones and androids,
as the IT guy visiting various clients occasionally asked "how do I do X on my phone" and an android thrust at me, my answer "sorry, I'm an iphone guy," and of course visa-versa.
Next best plan, point at some young person in sight thumbing away on their phone, "that guy/gal is an expert." (And often as not they are - esp compared to my phone abilities.)
Can't be bothered learning, me old eyes having trouble seeing the tiny text on the tiny screens... already grumpy enough - prefer to age gracefully, not digitally.
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Lopatir wrote: One of the good things about mobiles is that there are iphones and androids,
Did you forget one? As one of the last WP users, I don't have to answer any mobile questions period! It's also a great reason why I can't 'facetime' the rest of the family!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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kmoorevs wrote: Lopatir wrote: One of the good things about mobiles is that there are iphones and androids,
Did you forget one? As one of the last WP users
microsoft forgot it before I did
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