Re: ::scr Re: Cognitive Friction

[Andy Wardley <abw@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 03:28:56AM +0000, jo walsh wrote:
> to re-state the problem in alexander's words it is the "system"-ness, the
> methodology that i think is a corruption of the gist. 

Nail, hammer, BANG!

I suspect this is true of most, if not all methodologies.  They're not a 
substitute for experience and don't mean that you can get away without 
thinking about a problem.  Unfortunately, many people simply apply a 
methodology expected it to design them a nice house or functional piece
of software without having to engage any grey matter of their own.


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