You Must Try, and then You Must Ask

Re:You Must Try, and then You Must Ask by joshdance on Friday October 04, 2013 @02:53PM (#6497210)

Often times I start writing out my question like I would post it to StackOverFlow. The very process of writing out what I know, what I don't, and what I have tried very often leads to a solution.

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Re:You Must Try, and then You Must Ask by slig on Friday October 04, 2013 @03:05PM (#6497279)

Very similar to Rubber Duck Debugging - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

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Re:You Must Try, and then You Must Ask by knappe on Friday October 04, 2013 @03:48PM (#6497509)

I rubber duck a lot, but to my cat. He doesn't seem to mind and often gets petted as well. Win win.

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Re:You Must Try, and then You Must Ask by moocowduckquack on Friday October 04, 2013 @03:19PM (#6497363)

I sometimes use the computer as a stand-in, sort of like, "So what I want you to do, is to take this over there and..."

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Re:You Must Try, and then You Must Ask by elements on Friday October 04, 2013 @04:13PM (#6497642)

This happens to me often. It's also the reason I love the fact that StackOverflow automatically searches for the text in the question title box as you type it in. There have been a few times where I will start to write out a good, descriptive title for my problem, and realize that I've been searching for the wrong things all along.

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