Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Interview Question (your Sunday ruined part 2) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:20:23 +0000 Organization: Poppy Records Lines: 73 Message-ID: <1r26s69.1msxveepc5pj4N%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> References: <2rjahj1m5itht9k5nlh5p9q11onumbbb5s@4ax.com> <9o1qhjp80ddmpqpskaka7hicergps33be6@4ax.com> <3gtshjh0v2s0ahia7d9lcfnp0nj6a13nga@4ax.com> X-Trace: individual.net vxpRoVYuKIz1poDYr3NI+AI7qRo9kIE/pz8LyOaZnvCyF2jSmx X-Orig-Path: liz Cancel-Lock: sha1:6VbMjCrf65PmjQXL8nt88yO11eo= sha256:AQAyaVAQEVH6A/Udr2RaKo2QYDwzzoNoA6wrwyXfxBQ= User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.4.6 Bytes: 4659 Jan Panteltje wrote: > On a sunny day (Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:25:51 -0700) it happened john larkin > wrote in : > > >On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:18:52 GMT, Jan Panteltje > >wrote: > > > >>On a sunny day (Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:17:36 -0700) it happened john larkin > >> wrote in : > >> > >>>On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:06:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje > >>>wrote: > >>> > >>>>On a sunny day (Sun, 27 Oct 2024 10:37:19 -0700) it happened john larkin > >>>> wrote in <3gtshjh0v2s0ahia7d9lcfnp0nj6a13nga@4ax.com>: > >>>> > >>>>>In our new office/design center we don't have a real conference room, > >>>>>so we go on group hikes around the Bernal Cut or in Glen Canyon. That > >>>>>seems to really work, getting physical outdoors with the crew. I just > >>>>>wish that more trees had whiteboards. > >>>> > >>>>Go to the beach and draw in the sand? > >>> > >>>We'd have to drive to a beach (ocean or Bay or Gate are about equal > >>>distances) and that would be a nuisance with parking and such. And the > >>>graphic resolution of sand is mediocre. > >>> > >>>No whiteboard forces more mental visualization. We can bail on the > >>>hike and go back to the office and whiteboard, max delay about 20 > >>>minutes. > >>> > >>>Architectural and management concepts work in a hike, circuit design > >>>not so well. > >>> > >>>Percolating ideas is an interesting process. There must be books on > >>>the subject. The physical situation seems to matter. > >> > >>Nature is very inventive, plants, animals, > >>maybe spending some time there helps? > >>There are simple drawing programs for on your smartphone or laptop > >>that can be usd to show somebody more complex things wherever you are, > >>even via the internet (My laptop has a Huawei 4G stick, is on 4G) > >>I do need a working mouse however.. > > > >Thinking while hiking avoids the Eyeball Effect, the fact that most > >people change their behavior as a function of how many eyeballs are > >aimed at them. Actors and musicians and politicians have extreme > >eyeball sensitivity, get high from big audiences. Most autistic people > >have little or none. > > > >Eyeball Effect distorts clear thinking. Hiking with people, you seldom > >see their eyeballs. > > > >I've noticed that animals, cats and dogs and birds, are sensitive to > >eyeball effect too. It's probably a component of their threat > >evaluation. > > Every evening I put out some food for the birds here, mostly crows. > Last night I checked and the neighbor's cat was eating it... > It did not even care when I tapped against the window ... was hungry likely. > The crows know me, they greet me .. crows are very smart. You haven't put up a cart wheel on a pole for the storks? Perhaps you could make one that doubled as a 'halo' aerial, which increased its bandwidth during the nesting season when the presence of the storks lowered the 'Q'. -- ~ Liz Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk