http://www.endlesslycurious.com/2009/02/02/writing-dirty/ by Daniel Brown Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:27:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.endlesslycurious.com/2009/02/02/writing-dirty/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Liza Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:10:45 +0000 http://www.endlesslycurious.com/?p=1015#comment-90 White boards! Before I had an office, I would take a conference room (in the off-hours) and work through my thoughts on a large white board. Lots of space, multi-coloured markers, easy to erase and to literally step back and look at the big picture, a white board is an essential tool in my problem solving process, both by myself and in collaboration with others. Concept sketches, process flowcharts, lists... with a digital camera or an iPhone it's easy to capture the results. The point is, it doesn't matter how or where, but the premise of dirty writing remains: get something down. White boards! Before I had an office, I would take a conference room (in the off-hours) and work through my thoughts on a large white board. Lots of space, multi-coloured markers, easy to erase and to literally step back and look at the big picture, a white board is an essential tool in my problem solving process, both by myself and in collaboration with others. Concept sketches, process flowcharts, lists… with a digital camera or an iPhone it’s easy to capture the results. The point is, it doesn’t matter how or where, but the premise of dirty writing remains: get something down.

]]> http://www.endlesslycurious.com/2009/02/02/writing-dirty/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Daniel Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:28:49 +0000 http://www.endlesslycurious.com/?p=1015#comment-88 Very good point Jani, I forgot to mention sketching! I guess that will be something for another post, sketching is usually my first line of attack on big systems too. Very good point Jani, I forgot to mention sketching! I guess that will be something for another post, sketching is usually my first line of attack on big systems too.

]]> http://www.endlesslycurious.com/2009/02/02/writing-dirty/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Jani Hartikainen Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:38:15 +0000 http://www.endlesslycurious.com/?p=1015#comment-87 I sometimes get this with more complex features. What I sometimes do in such cases is fire up Visio, or take a piece of paper and put down some ideas. This usually helps to give a better picture of the task, especially if the architechture is large I sometimes get this with more complex features. What I sometimes do in such cases is fire up Visio, or take a piece of paper and put down some ideas. This usually helps to give a better picture of the task, especially if the architechture is large

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