Every Computer Scientist Should Have a Creative Hobby

Re:Every Computer Scientist Should Have a Creative Hobby by zitterbewegung on Saturday December 16, 2017 @05:55PM (#15942728)

Blogging seems to be a popular creative hobby not only because it has a low barrier of entry but it also helps you communicate better. On the other hand when I play the piano, do abstract art and write poetry these are important too.

To be honest a Creative hobby not only solves the problem of making you more creative but it allows for an escape and release of thinking of other things. Even if you aren't optimizing yourself creatively it helps.

Writing comments on HN would be even lower to a barrier of entry and still qualify as creative. I'm sorry I couldn't hold back to go a little meta in this comment ;-)

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Re:Every Computer Scientist Should Have a Creative Hobby by zokier on Saturday December 16, 2017 @06:57PM (#15943026)

I'm not sure I'd classify typical blogging (and HN commenting even less) as "creative hobby". Creative writing is different enough to be considered its own category and I don't think typical blogging falls under it.

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Re:Every Computer Scientist Should Have a Creative Hobby by jjeaff on Sunday December 17, 2017 @01:25AM (#15944503)

"creative writing" is a specific genre of writing that focuses on originality. But for most, "creative" just refers to the act of creating something. A blog entry creates something, as does an hn comment.

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