Interdisciplinary Developer Role Description - Revision history

YK at 07:12, 20 November 2012

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	An interdisciplinary developer improves the tools that they use. This involves searching for quality software and updating existing ones (preferably all open source). Also involves continually expanding the scope of what the interdisciplinary developer does with their software platform, from modeling to schematics to animation to video editing and so on...		'''The objective is clear'''

	~~But tools also encompasses hardware. Hardware like clothes to safety equipment to pots and cups and computers and cameras and such. What are the needs? Temperature and moisture control for the body~~, ~~extended information processing beyond the mind~~, ~~mental and physical health~~, ~~...~~		Can you talk, listen, see, feel touch, smell, taste?

	~~Improving personal software and hardware is improving the '''personal platform'''~~.		Can you precisely control your movements? Moving your eyes to look at different things. Breathing slow; breathing fast. Change how hard you push something. How accurate are your hand movements? Consistency of posture? Turning your head? Listening or tasting intently?

	~~Beyond the personal platform, development of major and minor projects (categorized depending on project complexity)~~ are ~~consistent; often 1 major project in progress while several minor projects get finished in rapid succession during the same~~ time~~. Generally, hardware projects involve getting particular materials~~ and equipment on-site, designing and build-preparing, then actually building the hardware (with documentation throughout the entire development process). Other abstract project types include software (information processing technologies) and ~~social (group action technologies).~~		What are your body's limits? Reaction time? Strength and fatigue rate of your muscles? Resistance to heat and cold?

	~~An interdisciplinary developer continually expands the scope of the projects by increasing the fields involved, from mechatronics to bioengineering to fluidics~~ and ~~laser technologies. How do fields in the realm of on-site possibility expand~~? ~~By getting the right equipment, right software, right information/understanding on-site, coupled with a clear need and/or an intrinsic drive to explore all frontiers of appropriate technology.~~		What is your mental model for perceiving and interacting with your environment?

	~~----~~		How deep do you take your mental model across the width of different fields? What does the feeling of hunger convey to you? Are the concepts energy and biological batteries acknowledged? What does the feeling of cold or hot convey to you? Is the transfer of thermal energy and the relevant physical characteristics of matter taken into account? What context do you consider when perceiving works of art and music? History, philosophy? Electronics? Health and pharmaceuticals? And the interconnections among all these different things?

	~~'''Time Allocation'''~~		What tools do you know how to use? And what functions do you use them for? A computer with a web browser for accessing the internet? A smartphone as a flashlight? An extension cord as a rope? A metal power strip as a makeshift hammer? Are the abstractions of unique functions reconsidered through a lower-level perspective like how bedsheets can be used as a makeshift particulate filter for safe breathing in a storm of dust particles? The bedsheets are just fabric woven into a pattern with small holes that only tiny particles can pass through. Tensile strength determines how easily it will rip if stretched; thermal resistance determines how warm it will keep you if you wrap it around yourself.

	~~Allocating time is interesting because major~~ and ~~minor projects~~ can ~~both address immediate needs~~ and ~~set up for expansive development into unexplored fields on-site.~~		Given the tools you can access given the social models you share with others and the technical knowledge you possess, what kind of energy transformations and storage can you do? How fast and effectively can you communicate, process, and record information?

	~~Along the same lines~~, ~~improving the personal platform can significantly improve the rate~~ and ~~quality of development~~ and ~~documentation~~.		Simple mechanical tools. These are require no energy except what you put into them with your body. Hammer; bam! Tap. Impact, under kinetic energy. Needlenose pliers; grab and place and bend. Precision holding, mechanical advantage to compress harder than your fingers, long reach to get where your fingers never can.

	~~Often~~, the ~~difference between continuous or expansive major~~ and ~~minor projects~~ and ~~personal platform development gets blurry~~. ~~It is~~ the ability to ~~effectively allocate~~ time ~~in this development fog that marks an experienced interdisciplinary developer~~.		More complex mechanical tools. These involve more mechanisms. Measuring tape. Measure distances with a standard unit of measurement- eases communication and referring back to dimensions from the future.

			Suddenly... start involving different phases of matter... gas, liquid, plasma... involve the various matter assemblies from nature- under the category of biology... the complexity of embedded electronics systems, from relatively large resistors to tiny transistors within semiconductor integrated circuits. Optics. Radioactivity. Solar energy to electrical energy to chemical energy and back to electrical energy but with different characteristics such as varying voltages and currents and frequencies...

			Going from how to make something into the ability to make everything. Into... genuine research for exploring the universe while performing collaborative production. Enjoy the spirit of such times... Consider the order of the projects you undertake and the time and risk involved with each given the situation for you and collaborators at the moment. The most important general factors are:

			'''The people you interact with'''

			'''The personal knowledge you accumulate and process'''

			'''The software you communicate, process, and store information with'''

			'''The hardware you do tangible things with'''

	=A Fruit Smoothie=		=A Fruit Smoothie=
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	When do we know our body is ready for the fruit smoothie? All these questions and more, to be answered in the next episode of-		When do we know our body is ready for the fruit smoothie? All these questions and more, to be answered in the next episode of-

	~~=Advanced Perception Scenario: Falling Apple=~~

	~~Consider the following scenario that uses language to describe something by creating and activating dormant associations between words and pictures/concepts in the reader's conscious and subconscious:~~

	An apple drops from a tree. The apple-to-tree connection has biologically weakened- (ex. thin stem) and broken through the external environment (ex. strong winds). The fall is mainly due to gravitational downward force, but meanwhile, the ocean of air is applying atmospheric pressure on the apple and applying upward buoyant force equal to the weight of air that the apple is displacing. The apple is gaining kinetic energy to move downward.

	As the apple moves through air, the air below the apple brushes against the surfaces of the apple, causing vibrations that excite the air and apple molecules. The apple and air molecules gain thermal energy, but quickly dissipates it to approach equilibrium with the surroundings according to the specific heat capacity of the materials involved. A sound of a particular waveform, frequency, and amplitude is transmitted through the air molecules to be potentially "heard" by organisms or machines that have the right sensors active. The apple slows down, having converted kinetic energy to other forms.

	At the end of the fall, the apple transmits kinetic force to the ground and the ground transmits a reaction force on the apple. A varying compression region occurs inside the apple and parts of the apple get smushed off to the side. Both the apple and the ground vibrate during the impact, causing heat and sound again.

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YK at 08:20, 20 October 2012

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			=Specifics=

			An interdisciplinary developer improves the tools that they use. This involves searching for quality software and updating existing ones (preferably all open source). Also involves continually expanding the scope of what the interdisciplinary developer does with their software platform, from modeling to schematics to animation to video editing and so on...

			But tools also encompasses hardware. Hardware like clothes to safety equipment to pots and cups and computers and cameras and such. What are the needs? Temperature and moisture control for the body, extended information processing beyond the mind, mental and physical health, ...

			Improving personal software and hardware is improving the '''personal platform'''.

			Beyond the personal platform, development of major and minor projects (categorized depending on project complexity) are consistent; often 1 major project in progress while several minor projects get finished in rapid succession during the same time. Generally, hardware projects involve getting particular materials and equipment on-site, designing and build-preparing, then actually building the hardware (with documentation throughout the entire development process). Other abstract project types include software (information processing technologies) and social (group action technologies).

			An interdisciplinary developer continually expands the scope of the projects by increasing the fields involved, from mechatronics to bioengineering to fluidics and laser technologies. How do fields in the realm of on-site possibility expand? By getting the right equipment, right software, right information/understanding on-site, coupled with a clear need and/or an intrinsic drive to explore all frontiers of appropriate technology.

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			'''Time Allocation'''

			Allocating time is interesting because major and minor projects can both address immediate needs and set up for expansive development into unexplored fields on-site.

			Along the same lines, improving the personal platform can significantly improve the rate and quality of development and documentation.

			Often, the difference between continuous or expansive major and minor projects and personal platform development gets blurry. It is the ability to effectively allocate time in this development fog that marks an experienced interdisciplinary developer.

	=A Fruit Smoothie=		=A Fruit Smoothie=

YK at 03:52, 7 October 2012

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	At the end of the fall, the apple transmits kinetic force to the ground and the ground transmits a reaction force on the apple. A varying compression region occurs inside the apple and parts of the apple get smushed off to the side. Both the apple and the ground vibrate during the impact, causing heat and sound again.		At the end of the fall, the apple transmits kinetic force to the ground and the ground transmits a reaction force on the apple. A varying compression region occurs inside the apple and parts of the apple get smushed off to the side. Both the apple and the ground vibrate during the impact, causing heat and sound again.

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YK at 01:30, 7 October 2012

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 And so we'll learn bit by bit what makes a great fruit smoothie, and prepare our next experiments so they end up tasting at least decent.
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 In order to make a great fruit smoothie, you'll need to learn what makes it great. Tasty. Healthy. Easy to make. Good, good.
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YK at 09:05, 6 October 2012

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	And so we'll learn bit by bit what makes a great fruit smoothie, and prepare our next experiments so they end up tasting at least decent.		And so we'll learn bit by bit what makes a great fruit smoothie, and prepare our next experiments so they end up tasting at least decent.

			=Seriously.=

			Let's be professional about all of this.

			In order to make a great fruit smoothie, you'll need to learn what makes it great. Tasty. Healthy. Easy to make. Good, good.

			But let's be more specific. How hot or cold should the smoothie be served? How are we going to change the fruit smoothie's temperature? How do we know that the fruit smoothie is at the right temperature? How do we set up an alarm that tells us when the fruit smoothie is ready?

			When do we know our body is ready for the fruit smoothie? All these questions and more, to be answered in the next episode of-

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	Great fruit smoothies call for great experimentation!		Great fruit smoothies call for great experimentation!

YK at 08:50, 6 October 2012

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	What do you get when you blend a fruit and a drink? A fruit smoothie.		What do you get when you blend a fruit and a drink? A fruit smoothie.

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	What do you get when you blend a fruit and a drink? A fruit smoothie.		What do you get when you blend a fruit and a drink? A fruit smoothie.

YK at 08:48, 6 October 2012

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	Now, eating fruit is one thing, and drinking a drink is another, but a fruit smoothie- that's something new, something exciting- and potentially useful!		Now, eating fruit is one thing, and drinking a drink is another, but a fruit smoothie- that's something new, something exciting- and potentially useful!

	Past the sheer wonder of exploring the unknown or discovering something new, there's a great practical benefit to be gained from understanding the world from different perspectives at the same time.		Past the sheer wonder of exploring the unknown or discovering something new, there's a great practical benefit to be gained from understanding the world from different perspectives- at the same time.

	You can combine different things in ways you never thought of before! Mmm... ~~that~~ fruit ~~smoothie~~.		You can combine different things in ways you never thought of before! Mmm... fruit smoothies.

	=~~Not~~ a ~~Blueberry Milkshake=~~		=Learning the Ingredients=

			Great fruit smoothies call for great experimentation!

			We'll simply need to know more ingredients to try out more combinations.

			But it's not like we're going to try out every possible combination. That's too slow.

			So we'll listen to what others say is a good smoothie combination, and try a few original smoothies for ourselves.

			And so we'll learn bit by bit what makes a great fruit smoothie, and prepare our next experiments so they end up tasting at least decent.

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=A Fruit Smoothie=

What do you get when you blend a fruit and a drink? A fruit smoothie.

Now, eating fruit is one thing, and drinking a drink is another, but a fruit smoothie- that's something new, something exciting- and potentially useful!

Past the sheer wonder of exploring the unknown or discovering something new, there's a great practical benefit to be gained from understanding the world from different perspectives at the same time.

You can combine different things in ways you never thought of before! Mmm... that fruit smoothie.

=Not a Blueberry Milkshake=