[sdiy] Design Process

[Tim Stinchcombe]

> Leave it be for as long as you need 
> to forget all about the details of how this thing is supposed 
> to work, then get back to it. This is usually a 
> week's/month's/year's time.

This tends to be my default action. Projects are often put down for *years*
because I can't work them out. In the meantime, my experience increases, and
hopefully by the time I return to them I then have the
understanding/wherewithall necessary to be able to solve the problem. Not a
strategy for getting things done quickly, but *very* satisfying when you
eventually crack a several-year-old problem!

Many of the other strategies mentioned I find are useful too - sleep on it,
go for a walk etc.

Tim

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Tim Stinchcombe 

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