Aye Elliot but I am a poor veteran of both methods and they both WRECK MY
HEAD!!
By that I don't mean worries about not getting it right, nor using
software - just the whole process...especially on a monday. When I used
paper and scissors i was constantly chasing scraps of paper - now I am a
zombie in front of a confuser. On a Monday. Merely a declaration of
frustration
Thank you for your advice - I am now calmer.
Sarah
-----Original Message-----
From: Elliot Richmond <[log in to unmask]>
To: Sarah Delaney <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask]
<[log in to unmask]>
Date: 14 February 2000 16:51
Subject: Re: Fw: two days of coding and my head is gone already.
>At 4:24 PM 2/14/2000, Sarah Delaney wrote:
>>This is not a criticism of any software package at all:
>>
>>I am just in need of sharing my experience of coding ...
>>I had forgotten just how much it wrecks my head.
>>
>>Does it wreck anyone else's head at all??
>
>I do not believe this is a software issue at all. Whether coding is done by
>hand with paper, scissors, and highlighters or is done using a software
>package is purely a matter of personal choice and convenience. I prefer to
>print out the document (with line numbers), code it by hand (while laying
>in the hammock in the back yard under the big oak tree), then go back and
>enter the code into the software later.
>
>Remember, you can always go back and revise codes, definitions, trees,
>memos, whatever. It does not have to be right, perfect, or fit the "big"
>picture the first time through. Or vnen the second, third, fourth, or fifth
>time through.
>
>Elliot Richmond
>PhD candidate in science education
>University of Texas at Austin
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>http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4758/
>
>
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