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Resonant Thoughts: Richard W. Hamming’s ” The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn” (1997)
“How are you to recognize ‘fundamentals’? One test is they have lasted a long time. Another test is from the fundamentals all the rest of the field can be derived by using the standard methods in the field” (p.9). “Creativity seems, among other things, to be ‘usefully’ putting together things which were not perceived to… Continue reading
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Keywords: Work Fast, Work Slow
To enrich our music production we can work at two distinct paces: fast and slow. The initial moment of making is quick and intuitive as we run with what catches our attention—noticing a sound, improvising a part, tweaking a patch, drumming a loop, trying out an idea and recording it, capturing an evocative musical gesture.… Continue reading
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Running And Thinking
“The deeper you look, the less likely you are to find a moment of sudden breakthrough, rather than a series of small incremental steps.” Matt Ridley, How Innovation Works No matter how a run is going, it always does something good for your mind. You might be struggling in the swelter of a summer’s morning… Continue reading
