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Posted by Hugh
Nov 7, 2015 at 05:54 PM
So, perhaps, a “lapsed crimper”?
Posted by jaslar
Nov 7, 2015 at 06:32 PM
Although I can’t lay my hands on it at the moment, I remember reading a study about (non-dementia related) decline of grammatical complexity as we age. That is, there is a natural tendency to simplify our speech as we get older. I suspect the same thing happens with crimping. At least, in my experience, I find myself wanting to use simpler tools and workflows, the better to spend my time with the content, rather than with the complexities of the interface.
And then, of course, there is the occasional falling off the wagon to revel in the latest and greatest. Which doesn’t last…
Posted by Dr Andus
Nov 7, 2015 at 08:00 PM
jaslar wrote:
>decline of grammatical complexity as
>we age. That is, there is a natural tendency to simplify our speech as
>we get older. I suspect the same thing happens with crimping. At least,
>in my experience, I find myself wanting to use simpler tools and
>workflows, the better to spend my time with the content, rather than
>with the complexities of the interface.
Maye this could also be explained as *learning*. Surely, if one is a learner (while accepting there are such things as learning difficulties), then one should accumulate some knowledge and skills concerning the tools one is using over time, getting better at selecting them and using them.
Especially as one builds up this collection/selection of tools and the associated knowledge to use them, one may have increasingly less need to keep acquiring new tools in large quantities at a fast pace [CRIMP] (though that does not preclude one from adopting new technologies if some major new discoveries take place or just keeping up with the evolution of the platform).
Moreover, the tools we’re talking about here are intellectual tools, and we’re using them for learning and developing new knowledge.
Speaking of age, there is probably a trajectory over one’s working life where one’s relationships to one’s tools change due to the accumulated experience and practice of using them.
But things can get complicated when one’s work tools also become the objects (toys?) of one’s hobby! ;) Maybe that’s when the dangerous line between work and obsessive or other unproductive behaviour (procrastination, addiction) gets crossed. :-)