Lars Wirzenius: Personal life, 2007
Contents
- September 24: Job
- February 06: Monkey see, monkey not do
Monday, September 24, 2007
Personal life: Job
Today I started working for Canonical, on Ubuntu QA.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Personal life: Monkey see, monkey not do
I realized something about myself today: I have a relatively strong resistance to learning by imitating what other people do. The precise moment for this was when I was putting on a scarf for the first time this winter. I tend to dislike having things around my neck. Every winter I go through several iterations figuring out the most comfortable yet protective way of wearing it.
Today I started tying it in a new way, which I'd seen Lynoure use. Half-way through I stopped, telling myself that I can't do it this way, because I didn't invent it myself.
Only after I'd already undone the scarf did I realize how stupid this reaction was.
I need to watch out for this.
If I was an aspiring A list blogger, I'd now make a top ten list of annoying personal learning anti-habits.