On Problem Solving, Distractions and Perceived Complexity


	On Problem Solving, Distractions and Perceived Complexity

patchworkthreads

9-17-2007 12:33 PM

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webcomic, lego, productivity, problem solving

patchworkthreads says:

Clipped for the annotation ("Even the simplest of problems...") as a note to self, because I know all too well the folly of mistakenly seeing things as more complicated than they really are.

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