Comments on: The Long View http://occamsrazr.com/2008/01/09/the-long-view/ better communication makes the complex simple Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:43:04 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dave http://occamsrazr.com/2008/01/09/the-long-view/comment-page-1/#comment-2213 dave Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:42:01 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/2008/01/09/the-long-view/#comment-2213 yeah, but we need examples of how / why the big pic is inpt (it is). article would be better with two examples of actually a) seeing a larger pattern, and b) why, in those two specific instances, it helped. THEN say, generalization, we should all do this all the time, etc. PS, I need to get a new digital camera and figure out how to plug it into my new PC . . I am buying one tomorrow if that turns out NOT to be the present that Brittnie gets me. . . so you and your daughter can give me advice. yeah, but we need examples of how / why the big pic is inpt (it is). article would be better with two examples of actually a) seeing a larger pattern, and b) why, in those two specific instances, it helped.

THEN say, generalization, we should all do this all the time, etc.

PS, I need to get a new digital camera and figure out how to plug it into my new PC . . I am buying one tomorrow if that turns out NOT to be the present that Brittnie gets me. . . so you and your daughter can give me advice.

]]> By: Ike http://occamsrazr.com/2008/01/09/the-long-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Ike Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:49:04 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/2008/01/09/the-long-view/#comment-1168 Thanks Merredith - I'm also reminded of one of my favorite re-reads, "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067977548X/jamesgleick" rel="nofollow">Faster: the Acceleration of Just About Everything</a>" by James Glieck. I've recommended it to so many people over the years, yet it did not consciously come to my mind once while writing this. Susan - I'm thrilled with my daughter's interest. She used to sneak pictures with <a href="http://occamsrazr.com/2008/01/08/picture-perfect-service/" rel="nofollow">our recently replaced digital camera</a>, and getting one just for her is cheaper than insurance! Thanks Merredith –

I’m also reminded of one of my favorite re-reads, “Faster: the Acceleration of Just About Everything” by James Glieck. I’ve recommended it to so many people over the years, yet it did not consciously come to my mind once while writing this.

Susan – I’m thrilled with my daughter’s interest. She used to sneak pictures with our recently replaced digital camera, and getting one just for her is cheaper than insurance!

]]> By: Merredith http://occamsrazr.com/2008/01/09/the-long-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Merredith Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:40:38 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/2008/01/09/the-long-view/#comment-1167 It's good to be reminded -- and in fact reminds me of Milan Kundera's "Book of Laughter and Forgetting," in which he points out that history *used* to happen slowly -- in that it took time to be recorded, reported, dispersed, analyzed. Now, it's out in a flash -- and replaced the next day with the next news, which is instantly forgotten as well. No wonder it seems there's no room in our brains to take the long view. Your post is a good reminder that there IS room, if we just remember to take it... It’s good to be reminded — and in fact reminds me of Milan Kundera’s “Book of Laughter and Forgetting,” in which he points out that history *used* to happen slowly — in that it took time to be recorded, reported, dispersed, analyzed. Now, it’s out in a flash — and replaced the next day with the next news, which is instantly forgotten as well.

No wonder it seems there’s no room in our brains to take the long view.

Your post is a good reminder that there IS room, if we just remember to take it…

]]> By: Susan http://occamsrazr.com/2008/01/09/the-long-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 Susan Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:28:41 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/2008/01/09/the-long-view/#comment-1166 First, don't you just love how kids are so energetic about their toys? My daughter also received a digital camera and goes around saying "cheese" and ending up with great pictures of her nose. Second, I accomplished what you wrote about today! I had a voicemail that had nothing to do with me but since I dislike leaving people in the lurch, I was stressing about how to help this person. Then, I stepped back and thought, "Hey - my admin can call this person back and tell them who to contact". By looking at the bigger picture, I realized that I have resources I don't always utilize. Wa-la! A solution that makes everyone happy. And with other more extreme projects, a big picture view can help keep them on course versus becoming so engrossed with one particular set of details that you miss out on making the entire campaign successful. First, don’t you just love how kids are so energetic about their toys? My daughter also received a digital camera and goes around saying “cheese” and ending up with great pictures of her nose.

Second, I accomplished what you wrote about today! I had a voicemail that had nothing to do with me but since I dislike leaving people in the lurch, I was stressing about how to help this person. Then, I stepped back and thought, “Hey – my admin can call this person back and tell them who to contact”. By looking at the bigger picture, I realized that I have resources I don’t always utilize. Wa-la! A solution that makes everyone happy. And with other more extreme projects, a big picture view can help keep them on course versus becoming so engrossed with one particular set of details that you miss out on making the entire campaign successful.

]]> By: Ike http://occamsrazr.com/2008/01/09/the-long-view/comment-page-1/#comment-1165 Ike Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:56:34 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/2008/01/09/the-long-view/#comment-1165 Hey, it's not a Canon, but photography is always about the shooter and not the gear. Hey, it’s not a Canon, but photography is always about the shooter and not the gear.

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