Re: Interview Question (your Sunday ruined part 2)

On 10/28/24 09:18, Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:17:36 -0700) it happened john larkin
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On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:06:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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On a sunny day (Sun, 27 Oct 2024 10:37:19 -0700) it happened john larkin
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In our new office/design center we don't have a real conference room,
so we go on group hikes around the Bernal Cut or in Glen Canyon. That
seems to really work, getting physical outdoors with the crew. I just
wish that more trees had whiteboards.

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Go to the beach and draw in the sand?

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We'd have to drive to a beach (ocean or Bay or Gate are about equal
distances) and that would be a nuisance with parking and such. And the
graphic resolution of sand is mediocre.
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No whiteboard forces more mental visualization. We can bail on the
hike and go back to the office and whiteboard, max delay about 20
minutes.
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Architectural and management concepts work in a hike, circuit design
not so well.
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Percolating ideas is an interesting process. There must be books on
the subject. The physical situation seems to matter.

 Nature is very inventive, plants, animals,
maybe spending some time there helps?
There are simple drawing programs for on your smartphone or laptop
that can be usd to show somebody more complex things wherever you are,
even via the internet (My laptop has a Huawei 4G stick, is on 4G)
I do need a working mouse however..

Nature is very good at "pleasing patterns" too. I sat next to a man on a long flight once, he had this huge collection of nature pictures, mostly trees and bushes, that he was browsing through...selecting patterns for wrought iron fencing to manufacture! Clever idea.