"Make a "to worry about" list. In a notebook or somewhere privately on your personal computer, make an ongoing list of things that you need to worry about. Jot down anything and everything that comes up in your day that's bothering you. Make a special note if it's something that keeps cropping up in your … Continue reading Worry List
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Swallowing the Elephant (Part 1)
"Years ago while interning in the rendering group at Pixar, I learned an important lesson: “interesting” things almost always come to light when a software system is given input with significantly different characteristics than it’s seen before. Even for well-written and mature software systems, new types of input almost always expose heretofore unknown shortcomings in … Continue reading Swallowing the Elephant (Part 1)
