How do you learn? Are you a ‘doer’? A ‘studier’? A ‘watcher’? Personally, I’m a ‘doer’. I need to get in there and get my hands dirty. Reading just doesn’t do it for me. I have yet to read how to do something that captured everything. What’s prompting this particular post? Well, I’m currently on standby status at work. Essentially, I’m laid off until the end of August. While I plan on a little bit of play, I also plan on some learning time. I have SolidWorks 2010 beta all loaded up, so I’m going to be learning what’s new and doing my damndest to break it.
Have you been playing with 2010? Are you learning anything new? Do you have any compliments or complaints?
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Andy from Workshopshed says:
July 6, 2009 at 4:57 AM (UTC -7)
I usually go for a bit of both. Read the principles then try it out to get feedback as to if I've got it right.
Steve_Calvert says:
July 7, 2009 at 11:17 AM (UTC -7)
I learn by going to Jeff's Tool Shed. You are the best…
Steve
JeffMirisola says:
July 7, 2009 at 11:56 AM (UTC -7)
Steve,
The check is in the mail…
John M says:
July 10, 2009 at 7:10 AM (UTC -7)
Hey Jeff, I have to agree with you I'm mostly a doer…but, I also have the philosophy that if you think the software can do, you're probably right! Then it's into the help for a “studier” session which you can usually pick up something else as you read to try and figure out what you were originally looking for. One thing I started doing was forcing myself to read through the entire “What's New” file and not skip through it……so maybe I'm a studenoer?
John M says:
July 10, 2009 at 2:10 PM (UTC -7)
Hey Jeff, I have to agree with you I'm mostly a doer…but, I also have the philosophy that if you think the software can do, you're probably right! Then it's into the help for a “studier” session which you can usually pick up something else as you read to try and figure out what you were originally looking for. One thing I started doing was forcing myself to read through the entire “What's New” file and not skip through it……so maybe I'm a studenoer?