What’s really angering about instructions [...] is that they imply there’s only one way [...] their way. And that presumption wipes out all the creativity. Actually there are hundreds of ways [...] and when they make you follow just one way without showing you the overall problem the instructions become hard to follow in such a way as not to make mistakes. You lose feeling for the work. And not only that, it’s very unlikely that they’ve told you the best way.
Apologies to Mr. Pirsig.
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Posted July 13, 2007 by Casey
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I believe that many instructions today, are no more than a type of legal disclaimer outlining the prescribed use of something so that when the man buys the coffee and burns himself litigation becomes more difficult. I don’t think they have anything to do with best practices anymore. I do like your MacGuyver philosophy though…