• Question: Does any of ye have a secret in making/solving things?

    Asked by Sweeney:):) to Ashley, Catherine, John G, Laura, Ray on 11 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Laura Tobin

      Laura Tobin answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Talk to people, talk to everyone! The secret is knowing what the problem is and finding out who understands that area. For example I needed to write a program to allow to machines to “talk” to each other and be controlled by my PC, so I found someone who knew these machines and how to program them. This person sat down with me and explained how it worked and together we wrote the program. I learned so much.

      No one is expected to know everything or to be able to solve all the problems. The key is to figure out what exactly the problem is and find someone or something (online tutorials, youtube, wikihow) to help you solve it if you can’t solve it on your own.

    • Photo: John Ging

      John Ging answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Persistence. If at first you don’t succeed, kick it. Then claim that’s a design step and try again. There’s no magic formula.

    • Photo: Catherine Conaghan

      Catherine Conaghan answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Information is key – find out what the problem is, what has been done before, then try, try and try again to solve it or make something new.

    • Photo: Ray Alcorn

      Ray Alcorn answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Of course I have a secret………

    • Photo: Ashley Culbert

      Ashley Culbert answered on 16 Nov 2014:

      No secret. Just take your time and think befre making decisions

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