Hackaday: Information is diesel for a hacker’s engine, and it’s fascinating how much can happen when you share what you’re working on. It could be a pretty simple journey – say, you record a video showing you fixing your broken headphones, highlighting a particular trick that works well for you. Someone will see it as an entire collection of information – “if my headphones are broken, the process of fixing them looks like this, and these are the tools I might need”. For a newcomer, you might be leading them to an eye-opening discovery – “if my headphones are broken, it is possible to fix them”.
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This article is a great reminder of the importance of documenting our creative processes and sharing them with the world. As someone who works in the creative field, I couldn't agree more with the article's main message. Documentation and sharing have always been essential components of the creative process, whether we're talking about art, music, or technology. Sharing our work not only helps us gain feedback and improve our skills, but it also inspires others and contributes to a culture of innovation and collaboration.
What I appreciate most about this article is that it encourages us to share our work, no matter how big or small, and to not be afraid of showing our process. As creatives, we often get caught up in the finished product and forget the value of the journey. Taking pictures and documenting our progress allows us to look back and reflect on our growth and the obstacles we overcame.
I always forget how important it is to remember to document my process as I am working on something creative. I do know that it is such an incredibly important part of the creative process, but for some reason it always slips my mind somehow. when I took AP art in high school, we had to ensure that we had process documents for each and every one of our 15 pieces that we submitted to the College Board, but as it got down to the mark, I had almost zero process documents which put me in a really rough spot. the same thing happened when I was applying for college, as I knew that I had so much great work that I had done throughout the four years that I had been working in theater, but as I went through to try to find photos and documentation of said work, I couldn't find anything for the life of me. now although I do still forget pretty often, I try my best to take photos of both things that I utilize in my creative process, as well as just photos of my life because it's been an issue for me in the past that I forget to document things that are going on my life especially since I like to look back on photos so much.
I love the way the article phrased things; especially the idea that your process/progress photo could be eye opening enough to teach somebody something – I do this all the time. I love browsing my friend’s, co-worker’s, and bosses’ websites to see the things they have worked on, and HOW they have worked on said things. I also am able to reference back to their websites if I know they have built the thing I am now trying to build; how did they do it? Maybe the way they did it is a great starting point and then I can jump off of that and try something else. I enjoy taking photos of my work, and taking progress photos when I am building, if anything I think this is so helpful in that it demonstrates that I know a certain process, or how to use specific tools, or that we were creative enough to find a solution to an issue.
I love the way the article phrased things; especially the idea that your process/progress photo could be eye opening enough to teach somebody something – I do this all the time. I love browsing my friend’s, co-worker’s, and bosses’ websites to see the things they have worked on, and HOW they have worked on said things. I also am able to reference back to their websites if I know they have built the thing I am now trying to build; how did they do it? Maybe the way they did it is a great starting point and then I can jump off of that and try something else. I enjoy taking photos of my work, and taking progress photos when I am building, if anything I think this is so helpful in that it demonstrates that I know a certain process, or how to use specific tools, or that we were creative enough to find a solution to an issue. (posted anon on accident)
The documentation of our process in theatre is so important. It is often something I forget about on my end of the process. Stage management is one of those roles that have a lot of built in tracking but the documentation of this is so important. The article serves as a poignant reminder of the significance of documenting and publicizing our creative methods. Sharing has always been an integral facet of the creative process. This article is a reminder that documentation of our own art is important, even the small stuff. Our society frequently becomes fixated on the final outcome and disregards the significance of the journey. Capturing images and documenting our progress enables us to reflect on our development and the challenges we surmounted. Sharing our work not only helps us receive constructive criticism and advance our skills but also fosters inspiration in others and promotes a culture of ingenuity and cooperation.
I really liked this article and wish there had been more like it so I could do my NewsQuiz class assignment on it because process images are one of my favorite things about designing and producing projects. End products of repair or creative projects are cool and all, but in my opinion it doesn’t matter unless there was a documented process behind it to gain more than just a final product, but a method for another project and another project and so on. In the world of electronics and repairing projects I also think it is helpful to create online guides on how to repair things as we are currently in an age of not being able to repair things due to pieces of machinery purposefully not being provided or not even capable of being installed. What I mean by this is as products are being made cheaper and cheaper, parts that make them up are becoming irreplaceable because things like screws are being replaced with substances like glue. Companies make more money when you have to buy the thing again rather than providing the parts to fix the original which creates a wasteful consumer economy. In summary I think taking photos of projects in process that are helpful and clear would benefit so many people.
I really like how this article talks not only about how to take good photos of your work, but why a good photo, or any photo for that matter, can be so effective. It was interesting to see how much information can be packaged into the photo of the car being hotwired, for example. I never would have thought of it like that, probably because I know what hotwiring a car looks like. I don’t usually take pictures of my work because I never think it’s necessary (coming from someone who has less than 1000 photos on his phone of three years, maybe that doesn’t say much), but there are times when I decide to (or have to). It’s fun to look back at old photos of what you’ve done in the past, and it’s even more rewarding to share (social media moment). Especially now that I’m in college, I think more and more about taking photos of and documenting my work: definitely a habit I should try to build early on.
One of my favorite things to do when thinking about a new project is being able to peruse the internet to see if anyone else has done a similar project, and what steps and materials they used to build it. Even when it comes to simple stuff such as figuring out how to design a cabinet to put together, or looking at how to wire breadboards for Arduino coding, it is such a useful asset to be able to look on the internet and see other people who have similar interests as you and see that they are willing to share their work so that others can try and produce similar work too. Especially when it comes to working in fabrication fields, it really is true that you should not try to reinvent the wheel, when you can see how other people achieved similar goals, and maximize the efficiency of your project.
This article gives a really interesting perspective on the value of documenting and sharing our work - it’s a perspective that we often don’t think about as we’re creating. As someone who has looked up a plethora of YouTube videos and how-to articles on the internet, I am no stranger to the value of other people’s knowledge and documentation when you yourself are stuck. The first time I really thought about how to document work in a way for other folks to really use was in senior year when I was building out a manual for some the technical systems in my high school and I really realized how little of the work that I had done over the years I had actually taken a photo of. Now, I try to make sure all of the steps of my work are documented so that if I ever have to put together a manual or show someone what I did, I’ll have material to help me.
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