The joy of making stupid things

Our world gives us more ways to learn, and more things to learn, than at any other time in the history of humanity. Often for free. There are thousands of tutorials aimed at getting started in everything from coding to cooking, but they can be pretty cut and dry. While it’s true that there are also fun, exciting tutorials to be found, following a set of instructions can get frustrating and be uninspiring.

If you aren’t doing a passion project, it can be too easy to give up at the first bump in the road. So go off piste – think less about what you’re trying to learn and follow the silly ideas that jump into your head. That’s where the real learning happens.

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1. The joy of making stupid things
2. Hello!
3. Founders and Coders
4. Financial Times
9. “Stupid” things???
10. January not a coder
11. February can I do this??
12. March/April INTENSE PANIC (AND LEARNING)!!! but mostly panic
13. May I can do it???
14. May I can do it!!!
15. June get up to scratch
16. July October all the knowledge, all the feels
17. November dev life
18. December sleep??? https://media.giphy.com/media/YQit E4YNQNahy/giphy.gif
19. June get up to scratch
21. the calculator
22. the calculator
37. Tips for making ‘silly things’ Diffuse your thinking
38. Tips for making ‘silly things’ Diffuse your thinking All learning is good learning
39. Tips for making ‘silly things’ Diffuse your thinking All learning is good learning They’re good ideas, Bront
40. thank u, next
41. @sbinlondon