Weber's Troubleshooting Rules
These rules certainly apply to electrical engineering, and software, but they are also basic enough to apply to interpersonal issues, group dynamics, etc.Is it plugged in?Is it turned on?Is it working...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Rule #2: Is it turned on?
While troubleshooting, another embarrassing discovery is that the thing in question isn’t working because you didn’t turn it on. This rule could come first, as in some sense it’s more basic than Rule...
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Guy lives!
As of last weekend, it appears I’ve started working on animation again! Woohoo! read more...
View ArticleIthaca Journal covers my SHIP site
The Ithaca Journal published an article [no longer available online] about my SHIP site and the new maps I’ve been working on. Thanks, Krisy!Here’s a direct link to the newest map, which is mainly cool...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Rule #3: Is it working as designed?
Sometimes you start by troubleshooting assuming something’s broken, when really it’s just not working the way you expected. Put another way, it’s “working as designed” - but you and the designer...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Rule #5: What don't you know?
The last of my troubleshooting rules is #5: What don’t you know?This is shorthand for a process, or an internal conversation, that goes like this: read more...“Dang it, I can’t solve this problem,...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Rule #6: Who haven't you talked to?
Maybe you’ve been troubleshooting for a while on your own. Or maybe you’ve discussed the trouble with someone else, but not the right someone else. Who could you talk to? read more...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Rule #8: Simplify!
If you’ve gotten this far in my troubleshooting rules, this is a tough problem. Maybe you can solve it…… but maybe instead you can replace the situation with a simpler one that will be less prone to...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Rule #4: What's changed since it worked?
Sometimes when troubleshooting, you look at the problem very closely as it exists now. But in many cases, you can look back at what things were like before the problem existed. What worked then, and...
View ArticleDon't waste a good failure
My troubleshooting rules can really help focus on solving a problem, but maybe first you’d like to not solve the problem for a while.What?Well, let’s look at a common sequence of events in creative or...
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