Comments on: Have you failed recently? http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/10/09/fail/ Alex Miller's technical blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:50 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Phil Haigh http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/10/09/fail/comment-page-1/#comment-106282 Phil Haigh Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:51:36 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/10/09/have-you-failed-recently/#comment-106282 Agree absolutely. We learn by failing and by making mistakes (which by themselves are not necessarily failure). When we stop making mistakes, we have stopped learning anything new. Agree absolutely. We learn by failing and by making mistakes (which by themselves are not necessarily failure). When we stop making mistakes, we have stopped learning anything new.

]]> By: Jonas Bonér http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/10/09/fail/comment-page-1/#comment-98198 Jonas Bonér Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:21:06 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/10/09/have-you-failed-recently/#comment-98198 Very good post. I could not agree more. Had to comment on my blog: http://jonasboner.com/2008/10/14/reward-failure/ Very good post. I could not agree more.

Had to comment on my blog: http://jonasboner.com/2008/10/14/reward-failure/

]]> By: CodeToJoy http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/10/09/fail/comment-page-1/#comment-96809 CodeToJoy Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:41:11 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/10/09/have-you-failed-recently/#comment-96809 Great post... A favourite quote of mine is from hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, on shooting percentages and life: We miss 100% of the shots we don't take. Great post…

A favourite quote of mine is from hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, on shooting percentages and life:

We miss 100% of the shots we don’t take.

]]> By: Raoul Duke http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/10/09/fail/comment-page-1/#comment-96293 Raoul Duke Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:17:35 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/10/09/have-you-failed-recently/#comment-96293 Your post rocks. It is truly heartening to hear that some people out there <em>get it</em>. Your post rocks. It is truly heartening to hear that some people out there get it.

]]> By: Alex http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/10/09/fail/comment-page-1/#comment-95720 Alex Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:46:06 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/10/09/have-you-failed-recently/#comment-95720 Failure is itself information and you now know something doesn't work. You probably also got ideas for a better solution. I don't think I've ever failed without learning from it. Failure is itself information and you now know something doesn’t work. You probably also got ideas for a better solution. I don’t think I’ve ever failed without learning from it.

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