Notes from talk

• fixing at design stage is much cheaper than at development stage
• most important thing is solving the problem
• must understand the problem to solve it so ask questions
• restate the problem
• similar problems have been solved look at those solutions critically
• evaluate trade offs
• can only store about 5-9 things in your head so write everything down
• focus: remove inputs / shuffle through components in your head
• let your background mind work on it / sleep on it and when it returns a solution write it down
• test / try ideas / you will be wrong sometimes but don’t be afraid