Sunday, February 05, 2006
graphical logic puzzles and long term projects
I've been having a lot of fun recently with what I call Graphical Logic Puzzles. These are similar to the popular Sudoku puzzles, but the user ends up creating a picture as the puzzle is solved. The user has to make deductions about which squares on a grid to color in. There is a website that has several varieties of these types of puzzles that you can print out and play. The web address is:
http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/puzzlecenter/index.htm
Click on one of the links that says "more ... samples" (of the puzzle type) to see a sampling of puzzles and download one that looks fun, probably a small one to start off with.
I think part of the enjoyment that I'm getting out of solving these is the sense of accomplishment when I finish. OK, it's not a huge achievement like winning a Nobel Prize, but it is finishing something. I think that one place that I have struggled at work in the past is with long range deadlines. On one job that I've had I was given a large project to work on (by my self), given everything I needed to know, and had a one-year deadline to finish the project. That was extremely painful for me. I just don't do well with long range deadlines. I think video games and puzzles are some of the ways that I see accomplishment of a goal. And I think that frequent feedback is extremely important for me. I think other people would just as soon have the longer term projects and don't care that much about frequent feedback. I remember hearing that kids need feedback at shorter intervals than adults. Maybe I'm just an immuture grown-up. Do other people reading this feel the same way I do or not? Feel free to leave a comment.
http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/puzzlecenter/index.htm
Click on one of the links that says "more ... samples" (of the puzzle type) to see a sampling of puzzles and download one that looks fun, probably a small one to start off with.
I think part of the enjoyment that I'm getting out of solving these is the sense of accomplishment when I finish. OK, it's not a huge achievement like winning a Nobel Prize, but it is finishing something. I think that one place that I have struggled at work in the past is with long range deadlines. On one job that I've had I was given a large project to work on (by my self), given everything I needed to know, and had a one-year deadline to finish the project. That was extremely painful for me. I just don't do well with long range deadlines. I think video games and puzzles are some of the ways that I see accomplishment of a goal. And I think that frequent feedback is extremely important for me. I think other people would just as soon have the longer term projects and don't care that much about frequent feedback. I remember hearing that kids need feedback at shorter intervals than adults. Maybe I'm just an immuture grown-up. Do other people reading this feel the same way I do or not? Feel free to leave a comment.
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I've been reading the book God Calling about 2 women who sought God daily and the Lord spoke to them and they wrote it down. This began in England in WWII during much turmoil and uncertainty. On January 4 was the message Do Not Plan: the last paragraph read: Uproot self - the channel-blocker. Do not plan ahead, the way will unfold step by step. Leave tomorrow's burden. Christ is the great Burden-bearer. You cannot bear His load and He only expects you to carry a little day-share.
Makes me thing of not worrying about tomorrow for each day has enough trouble of it's own. Could it be possible that we stop looking at the big tasks of the coming weeks and years and just do what we need to for today and let Christ handle tomorrow? I know I need constant feedback and smaller tasks myself...
Makes me thing of not worrying about tomorrow for each day has enough trouble of it's own. Could it be possible that we stop looking at the big tasks of the coming weeks and years and just do what we need to for today and let Christ handle tomorrow? I know I need constant feedback and smaller tasks myself...
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