Comments on: The neophyte takes on Everest http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/ Web Standards, Web Culture, Web Everything.™ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:06:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ara Pehlivanian http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1249 Ara Pehlivanian Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:24:30 +0000 http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1249 <strong>franky</strong>: You missed out on the real Everest? That's crazy... I'd say "you should go for it anyway" but then again, people die trying and I'd hate to have your death on my conscience ;) <strong>Ben</strong>: Good to know I'm not alone, and thanks for the link! <strong>Peter</strong>: Baby steps, baby steps, baby steps... <strong>Mike</strong>: My Everests include learning new technologies in order to put my ideas in motion. So far I've conquered MySQL and PHP as of the writing of this post (on Linux to boot!) I've still got some mountains to climb (writing software that learns, for example). I've got to keep telling myself that "too difficult" isn't an option and if someone else is able to do it, I'm just as able. I've just got to get past the mental block that's telling me I can't. I also have personal Everests to climb. You know, things that normally get turned into new years resolutions and are just as quickly dropped the day after the ball drops :-). Must. Get. Back. On. Horse. I would like to write a novel (and a book on web development) and it isn't that I haven't <a href="http://arapehlivanian.com/category/writing/nanowrimo/project-hydra/" rel="nofollow">already tried</a>. I'm just dealing with that finite commodity we call time, and I'm a little in the red right now. :-) I find that breaking the tasks down into smaller chunks helps so maybe I'll serialize my novel writing in blog form (though I'm thinking I'll keep it separate from this site so I don't mix the content too much). So there you have it. :-) franky: You missed out on the real Everest? That’s crazy… I’d say “you should go for it anyway” but then again, people die trying and I’d hate to have your death on my conscience ;)

Ben: Good to know I’m not alone, and thanks for the link!

Peter: Baby steps, baby steps, baby steps…

Mike: My Everests include learning new technologies in order to put my ideas in motion. So far I’ve conquered MySQL and PHP as of the writing of this post (on Linux to boot!) I’ve still got some mountains to climb (writing software that learns, for example). I’ve got to keep telling myself that “too difficult” isn’t an option and if someone else is able to do it, I’m just as able. I’ve just got to get past the mental block that’s telling me I can’t. I also have personal Everests to climb. You know, things that normally get turned into new years resolutions and are just as quickly dropped the day after the ball drops :-). Must. Get. Back. On. Horse. I would like to write a novel (and a book on web development) and it isn’t that I haven’t already tried. I’m just dealing with that finite commodity we call time, and I’m a little in the red right now. :-) I find that breaking the tasks down into smaller chunks helps so maybe I’ll serialize my novel writing in blog form (though I’m thinking I’ll keep it separate from this site so I don’t mix the content too much).

So there you have it. :-)

]]> By: Mike Ebert http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1247 Mike Ebert Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:57:21 +0000 http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1247 I'm curious what kind of Everests you have in mind. Your network of friends and blog readers may be able to assist you in climbing, and then the trek won't be quite so arduous. Write about as much as you can comfortably share, and we'll try to pitch in and give some good ideas or constructive criticism. I’m curious what kind of Everests you have in mind. Your network of friends and blog readers may be able to assist you in climbing, and then the trek won’t be quite so arduous. Write about as much as you can comfortably share, and we’ll try to pitch in and give some good ideas or constructive criticism.

]]> By: Mathieu Sylvain http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1085 Mathieu Sylvain Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:01:16 +0000 http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1085 Well... if your to take on mount everest I suggest you take spend a lot of time preparing, learning, training, etc... so by the time you have everything you need, global warming will have made mount Everest a tropical garden. See... good things come to those who wait... for global warming. Otherwise, if your in a hury I can lend you a pair of mittens. Well… if your to take on mount everest I suggest you take spend a lot of time preparing, learning, training, etc… so by the time you have everything you need, global warming will have made mount Everest a tropical garden.

See… good things come to those who wait… for global warming.

Otherwise, if your in a hury I can lend you a pair of mittens.

]]> By: Peter Endisch http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1082 Peter Endisch Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:38:35 +0000 http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1082 Congratulations Ara to come once more to this conclusion (that doing is better that daydreaming). I think dear Teddy said it best [you were quite prozaic as well!]. I have learned this truth in my life already. I'm a passionate man. It's a double-edge sword. You are too Ara. Passion can be a wonderful fuel - just gotta start that passion-engine. It is wonderful to be at once realistic, but also stubborn and just doing it - whatever 'it' may be. You know how many projects I started myself - and so many seemed insurmountable. Sometimes I would look at things and tell myself 'I have no idea how I will EVER do this'. Yet I did it. Baby steps, and a lot of research and trial and error was what it took. Funny thing is, along the way, people either admired my stuborness (or perseverance, seems to be a synonym in this context, hehe) or they disimissed me and counted the days when I would fail. I smiled at both - I couldn' have cared less what anyone thought, because, I TRIED. That's it! And when it was over, I once again looked at my now completed project and once again I thought to myself 'I don't know how I DID it, but I must have done it, because no one else did it for me...' Have faith in yourself. And if, at the end of the day, you can tell yourself (not anyone else - you can lie to others, but never to yourself) I have done my best and utmost, well then Ara, no mather the outcome, you have done it. Best of luck, and keep us posted! (And finish that damn book! I'd like to buy it, read it, critique it and put it on my shelf!) Congratulations Ara to come once more to this conclusion (that doing is better that daydreaming).

I think dear Teddy said it best [you were quite prozaic as well!]. I have learned this truth in my life already. I’m a passionate man. It’s a double-edge sword. You are too Ara. Passion can be a wonderful fuel - just gotta start that passion-engine. It is wonderful to be at once realistic, but also stubborn and just doing it - whatever ‘it’ may be.

You know how many projects I started myself - and so many seemed insurmountable. Sometimes I would look at things and tell myself ‘I have no idea how I will EVER do this’. Yet I did it. Baby steps, and a lot of research and trial and error was what it took. Funny thing is, along the way, people either admired my stuborness (or perseverance, seems to be a synonym in this context, hehe) or they disimissed me and counted the days when I would fail. I smiled at both - I couldn’ have cared less what anyone thought, because, I TRIED. That’s it! And when it was over, I once again looked at my now completed project and once again I thought to myself ‘I don’t know how I DID it, but I must have done it, because no one else did it for me…’

Have faith in yourself. And if, at the end of the day, you can tell yourself (not anyone else - you can lie to others, but never to yourself) I have done my best and utmost, well then Ara, no mather the outcome, you have done it.

Best of luck, and keep us posted! (And finish that damn book! I’d like to buy it, read it, critique it and put it on my shelf!)

]]> By: Ben Yoskovitz http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1061 Ben Yoskovitz Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:46:24 +0000 http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1061 There's never a bad time to start climbing. And yes, you'll probably fall on your face a few times -- everyone does. Even Bill Gates (he did, and he still is.) I've fallen on my face a few times...I think it's because one foot is bigger than the other... There are plenty of good resources online about failing and learning from it -- I've been thinking a lot about that recently: http://www.igotnewsforyou.com/blog/2006/07/embrace-failure-learn-from-it-and-you.html Good luck and happy birthday! 30 is a big one, I remember it semi-fondly. *grin* There’s never a bad time to start climbing. And yes, you’ll probably fall on your face a few times — everyone does. Even Bill Gates (he did, and he still is.)

I’ve fallen on my face a few times…I think it’s because one foot is bigger than the other…

There are plenty of good resources online about failing and learning from it — I’ve been thinking a lot about that recently: http://www.igotnewsforyou.com/blog/2006/07/embrace-failure-learn-from-it-and-you.html

Good luck and happy birthday! 30 is a big one, I remember it semi-fondly. *grin*

]]> By: franky http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1054 franky Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:51:50 +0000 http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1054 Strange that <strong>3</strong> in front really seems to have that effect on people. Am thinking almost exactly the same since a little more then a year m now. And even missed out on an opportunity to actually climb the Mt. Everest. So obviously I'll have to move more online. Strange that 3 in front really seems to have that effect on people. Am thinking almost exactly the same since a little more then a year m
now. And even missed out on an opportunity to actually climb the Mt. Everest. So obviously I’ll have to move more online.

]]> By: Sarven Capadisli http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1051 Sarven Capadisli Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:12:22 +0000 http://arapehlivanian.com/2006/07/14/the-neophyte-takes-on-everest/#comment-1051 Bah... there's no better time than now to start commenting [wink] [wink] Bah… there’s no better time than now to start commenting [wink] [wink]

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