Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top You've loaded an old revision of the document! If you save it, you will create a new version with this data. Media Files{{yak-shaving.jpg}} * Any seemingly pointless activity which is actually necessary to solve a problem which solves a problem which, several levels of recursion later, solves the real problem you're working on. * More explanations: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yak_shaving <blockquote>Acutally, my whole life is just one big yak shaving exercise. Luckily, these subroutines ARE my life and are very rewarding. [...] you have to learn when to say no to the temptation of "endless fiddling" but it is through this fiddling that I sometimes find myself in a new place, sometimes slightly before the rest of the pack. If it weren't for this fiddling, I'd be spending my life solving boring problems for boring bosses. --Joi Ito http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2005/03/05/yak-shaving.html </blockquote>Please fill all the letters into the box to prove you're human. Please keep this field empty: SavePreviewCancel Edit summary Note: By editing this page you agree to license your content under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International yak_shaving.1299307335.txt.gz Last modified: 2011-03-05 06:42by nik
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