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"Fire And Motion" by Joel Spolsy:
Once you get into flow it's not too hard to keep going. Many of my days go like this: (1) get into work (2) check email, read the web, etc. (3) decide that I might as well have lunch before getting to work (4) get back from lunch (5) check email, read the web, etc. (6) finally decide that I've got to get started (7) check email, read the web, etc. (8) decide again that I really have to get started (9) launch the damn editor and (10) write code nonstop until I don't realize that it's already 7:30 pm.
Somewhere between step 8 and step 9 there seems to be a bug, because I can't always make it across that chasm. For me, just getting started is the only hard thing. An object at rest tends to remain at rest. There's something incredible heavy in my brain that is extremely hard to get up to speed, but once it's rolling at full speed, it takes no effort to keep it going. Like a bicycle decked out for a cross-country, self-supported bike trip -- when you first start riding a bike with all that gear, it's hard to believe how much work it takes to get rolling, but once you are rolling, it feels just as easy as riding a bike without any gear.
Очень правильно, подписываюсь.
ЗЫ. Вообще, бывает очень интересно проводить аналогии с физикой и жизнью. Дополнительно к тому, что написано выше про велосипед, можно вспомнить три закона Ньютона -- (1) инерциальные системы координат, (2) ускорение пропорционально силе и (3) действие равно противодействию. Если будет не западло, то позже распишу эту идею подробно.
ЗЗЫ. Хороший блог человека, занимающегося Google AdSense, -- davydov.blogspot.com. Ну и вообще дядька неплохо про жизнь пишет.
Once you get into flow it's not too hard to keep going. Many of my days go like this: (1) get into work (2) check email, read the web, etc. (3) decide that I might as well have lunch before getting to work (4) get back from lunch (5) check email, read the web, etc. (6) finally decide that I've got to get started (7) check email, read the web, etc. (8) decide again that I really have to get started (9) launch the damn editor and (10) write code nonstop until I don't realize that it's already 7:30 pm.
Somewhere between step 8 and step 9 there seems to be a bug, because I can't always make it across that chasm. For me, just getting started is the only hard thing. An object at rest tends to remain at rest. There's something incredible heavy in my brain that is extremely hard to get up to speed, but once it's rolling at full speed, it takes no effort to keep it going. Like a bicycle decked out for a cross-country, self-supported bike trip -- when you first start riding a bike with all that gear, it's hard to believe how much work it takes to get rolling, but once you are rolling, it feels just as easy as riding a bike without any gear.
Очень правильно, подписываюсь.
ЗЫ. Вообще, бывает очень интересно проводить аналогии с физикой и жизнью. Дополнительно к тому, что написано выше про велосипед, можно вспомнить три закона Ньютона -- (1) инерциальные системы координат, (2) ускорение пропорционально силе и (3) действие равно противодействию. Если будет не западло, то позже распишу эту идею подробно.
ЗЗЫ. Хороший блог человека, занимающегося Google AdSense, -- davydov.blogspot.com. Ну и вообще дядька неплохо про жизнь пишет.