Im Urlaub nehme ich mir eigentlich immer zwei Dinge vor: etwas Neues lernen und versuchen, Bekanntes aus einem anderen Blickwinkel zu sehen. Für das Neulernen habe ich mir dieses Jahr das Thema 3D Grafik und Animation ausgesucht. Ich habe zwar beruflich viel mit Softwaredesign zu tun, aber von Grafik und Animation im 3D Sektor habe ich keinen blassen Schimmer. Mein Favorit in dieser Kategorie ist "Das Blender-Buch" von Carsten Wartmann.
Im Umfeld anderer Blickwinkel kam mir ein schon etwas älteres Buch in die Hände: "Eine andere Art, die Welt zu sehen - das Aufmerksamkeits Defizit Syndrom" von u.a. Thom Hartmann. Wie soll ich sagen. Sensationelle Lektüre. Ich habe mit so einem Gebiet sonst nichts zu tun, aber das Buch gibt einem eine völlig neue Sicht auf die Bedarfe und das Verhalten verschiedener Menschen. Eigentlich wird hier meines Erachtens garnicht über ADHS geschrieben, sonderen darüber, worin sich Menschen unterscheiden. Sensationelle Einsichten, die mir ein völlig neues Modell darüber geben, warum z.B. beim Softwaredesign sich der Vertrieb so schlecht mit den Softwarebauern versteht...
9. August 2008
22. März 2008
moving can reveal buried treasures
At the beginning of this year we moved to out new private location. Thanks to the easter-holidays, i had the chance to unpack some of the last boxes from my personal equipment...
Two books, which i already marked as lost, were found: one of my famous books about data analysis and a book called "my job went to india - 52 ways to save your job" by chad fowler. I think, the book does not only deal with having the right strategies to stay employed (or to stay employable), it just describes how everybody should evolve in his job or even in his (or hers) life.
Sometimes, when i feel stuck, i take the book to get some ideas, what to do to move to the next levels... (okok, this book cvers life-aspects of softwaredevelopers, it won't help a single inch on painters or insurance workers).
As a frequent .net developer i now decided to code something in a competing technology as described: i will do something on java and especially java server faces. And it already helped: i got some pretty new ideas on .net problems just by comparing (or transferring) ideas to another world. So, just try new pathes and reach completely new viewpoints to you past work.
Two books, which i already marked as lost, were found: one of my famous books about data analysis and a book called "my job went to india - 52 ways to save your job" by chad fowler. I think, the book does not only deal with having the right strategies to stay employed (or to stay employable), it just describes how everybody should evolve in his job or even in his (or hers) life.
Sometimes, when i feel stuck, i take the book to get some ideas, what to do to move to the next levels... (okok, this book cvers life-aspects of softwaredevelopers, it won't help a single inch on painters or insurance workers).
As a frequent .net developer i now decided to code something in a competing technology as described: i will do something on java and especially java server faces. And it already helped: i got some pretty new ideas on .net problems just by comparing (or transferring) ideas to another world. So, just try new pathes and reach completely new viewpoints to you past work.
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