http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/08/31/bend-one-of-the-flaps/ Sean Tierney's Blog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:58:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/08/31/bend-one-of-the-flaps/comment-page-1/#comment-385662 Chicken and egg, bootstrap-style (and more about FIXatdl Jump-Start) - Cornerstone Technology Blog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:05:54 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/08/31/get-one-shoe-on/#comment-385662 [...] or need. Sean Tierney has helpful insights on this challenge in his blog post sub-titled “bend one of the flaps“. He opens with this astute observation: The term “bootstrapping” itself comes [...] [...] or need. Sean Tierney has helpful insights on this challenge in his blog post sub-titled “bend one of the flaps“. He opens with this astute observation: The term “bootstrapping” itself comes [...]

]]> http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/08/31/bend-one-of-the-flaps/comment-page-1/#comment-342381 Scrollin’ On Dubs » “New York, New York” moments and getting one shoe on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:48:05 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/08/31/get-one-shoe-on/#comment-342381 [...] I realize this insight is probably about as useful as the “bend one of the flaps” advice. But I figured I’d share because maybe this helps one person overcome a mental obstacle. So the question becomes - how do you suppress your mind long enough to get the shoe on? My advice: find some mental activity you can use to sap just enough cycles to distract your mind and then lay out your outfit within arm’s reach the night before to minimize the distraction time necessary to get to the tipping point. In highschool we had to memorize this 15-stanza poem called The Cremation of Sam McGee. As much as that sucked, it’s been a useful tool because I still remember the entire thing by heart and yet it draws enough mental cycles to get the verses ordered right where I can use it as a mental distraction for “New York, New York” moments. [...] [...] I realize this insight is probably about as useful as the “bend one of the flaps” advice. But I figured I’d share because maybe this helps one person overcome a mental obstacle. So the question becomes – how do you suppress your mind long enough to get the shoe on? My advice: find some mental activity you can use to sap just enough cycles to distract your mind and then lay out your outfit within arm’s reach the night before to minimize the distraction time necessary to get to the tipping point. In highschool we had to memorize this 15-stanza poem called The Cremation of Sam McGee. As much as that sucked, it’s been a useful tool because I still remember the entire thing by heart and yet it draws enough mental cycles to get the verses ordered right where I can use it as a mental distraction for “New York, New York” moments. [...]

]]> http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/08/31/bend-one-of-the-flaps/comment-page-1/#comment-119533 Scrollin’ On Dubs » Blog Archive » Check out what Garageband can do Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:54:30 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/08/31/get-one-shoe-on/#comment-119533 [...] Chickens and Eggs - the classic question is “which comes first, the lyrics or the musical idea?” For me they’re usually inextricably intertwined and tend to emerge over time where one affects the development of the other. I usually get a musical riff stuck in my head first and the lyrics start to gel around the melody as nonsensical mouth sounds. I can generally sing the lyrics “in tongues” before the exact words coalesce, but once they do it tends to alter the song itself. Like any chicken/egg problem at some point you have to bend one of the flaps and dig into it. [...] [...] Chickens and Eggs – the classic question is “which comes first, the lyrics or the musical idea?” For me they’re usually inextricably intertwined and tend to emerge over time where one affects the development of the other. I usually get a musical riff stuck in my head first and the lyrics start to gel around the melody as nonsensical mouth sounds. I can generally sing the lyrics “in tongues” before the exact words coalesce, but once they do it tends to alter the song itself. Like any chicken/egg problem at some point you have to bend one of the flaps and dig into it. [...]

]]> http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/08/31/bend-one-of-the-flaps/comment-page-1/#comment-82102 joshua strebel Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:37:14 +0000 http://67.106.82.230/2007/08/31/get-one-shoe-on/#comment-82102 well played sean. well played sean.

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