finishing the draft

Now that I’ve caught up at work, I’m catching up at school. Over the last week or so I’ve put the details that Susan and Kevin and I had talked about into the Boolean Slots game.  It’s by no means finished, but the details are there for critique.  We’re going to meet early next week to discuss.

The big thing I’ve learned through the last few weeks is that sometimes it’s good to take a break.  Before the wedding/trip I felt like I was hitting a wall with the project.  I couldn’t think of better ways to accomplish problems, the number of slides kept multiplying rather than shrinking, and generally I didn’t really want to work on the project.  After leaving and coming back with fresh eyes, everything was simpler.  I’ve elliminated a number of slides, the logic makes more sense, there’s even sound!

The lesson I’ve taken from this is that if a project isn’t going well, and I have a flexible deadline, plan a second project to do as a break.  Then, with fresh eyes I can go back to finish the first project.