Comments on: Doability http://infrequently.org/2006/06/doability/ Thu, 10 May 2012 17:22:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: SKMurphy » Lighting The Way For Your Competitors http://infrequently.org/2006/06/doability/comment-page-1/#comment-48434 SKMurphy » Lighting The Way For Your Competitors Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:06:08 +0000 http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=563#comment-48434 [...] Alex Russell noted in his Doability post “knowing that a thing can be done liberates the mind to do it”. [...] [...] Alex Russell noted in his Doability post “knowing that a thing can be done liberates the mind to do it”. [...]

]]> By: Jesse Kuhnert http://infrequently.org/2006/06/doability/comment-page-1/#comment-41098 Jesse Kuhnert Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:10:54 +0000 http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=563#comment-41098 Nevermind, it appears to be some sort of built in junkie mentality instead. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-06/uosc-fk062006.php Nevermind, it appears to be some sort of built in junkie mentality instead.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-06/uosc-fk062006.php

]]> By: Jesse Kuhnert http://infrequently.org/2006/06/doability/comment-page-1/#comment-40839 Jesse Kuhnert Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:50:02 +0000 http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=563#comment-40839 No, I think that has to be a pretty common feeling. Maybe we are unique.... Isn't that why we are all doing this? That same feeling you got writing your first "hello world" program - (no matter which language/archaic platform it was in ..i think for me it was IIe / pascal ibm ) ...It felt soooooo good to make the big bad box that everyone thought was so complicated do your bidding :) No, I think that has to be a pretty common feeling. Maybe we are unique….

Isn’t that why we are all doing this? That same feeling you got writing your first “hello world” program – (no matter which language/archaic platform it was in ..i think for me it was IIe / pascal ibm ) …It felt soooooo good to make the big bad box that everyone thought was so complicated do your bidding :)

]]> By: alex http://infrequently.org/2006/06/doability/comment-page-1/#comment-40819 alex Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:01:46 +0000 http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=563#comment-40819 Hey Jesse: It's funny you put it that way, mainly because I find that most of programming is about confidence. I can't write any code that I'm not confident I can't finish. This relationship generally has very little to do with whether or not I can either solve the problem or whether or not it's even a good investment of time. Perhaps that's ego, perhaps it's just insecurity, but I've talked to other people who have much the same experience. Or am I just weird? Hey Jesse:

It’s funny you put it that way, mainly because I find that most of programming is about confidence. I can’t write any code that I’m not confident I can’t finish. This relationship generally has very little to do with whether or not I can either solve the problem or whether or not it’s even a good investment of time. Perhaps that’s ego, perhaps it’s just insecurity, but I’ve talked to other people who have much the same experience.

Or am I just weird?

]]> By: Jesse Kuhnert http://infrequently.org/2006/06/doability/comment-page-1/#comment-40812 Jesse Kuhnert Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:30:37 +0000 http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=563#comment-40812 I think the best word is "ego". =p I think the best word is “ego”. =p

]]> By: Julian Turner http://infrequently.org/2006/06/doability/comment-page-1/#comment-40792 Julian Turner Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:20:23 +0000 http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=563#comment-40792 I prefer: "If you don't think it can be done, it can be done." OR "Being told a thing cannot be done, liberates the mind to do it." I prefer:

“If you don’t think it can be done, it can be done.”

OR

“Being told a thing cannot be done, liberates the mind to do it.”

]]> By: Nolan Eakins http://infrequently.org/2006/06/doability/comment-page-1/#comment-40287 Nolan Eakins Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:33:41 +0000 http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=563#comment-40287 Just wanted to rephrase what you said a bit: knowing that a thing can be done liberates the body from doing it. And I'll name that the architect principle and call your's the builder principle. Just wanted to rephrase what you said a bit: knowing that a thing can be done liberates the body from doing it.

And I’ll name that the architect principle and call your’s the builder principle.

]]> By: Sean Murphy http://infrequently.org/2006/06/doability/comment-page-1/#comment-40176 Sean Murphy Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:56:12 +0000 http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=563#comment-40176 How about the fast follower's advantage? Or Virgil's Law (after the Roman poet) Possunt quia posse videnture "They can because they think they can." How about the fast follower’s advantage?
Or Virgil’s Law (after the Roman poet)
Possunt quia posse videnture
“They can because they think they can.”

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