Comments on: Faking It as a Productivity Tip http://www.profhacker.com/2009/10/13/faking-it-as-a-productivity-tip/ Tips, tutorials, and commentary on pedagogy, productivity, and technology in higher education. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:14:48 -0500 hourly 1 By: Roxie http://www.profhacker.com/2009/10/13/faking-it-as-a-productivity-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-1984 Roxie Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:16:02 +0000 http://www.profhacker.com/?p=2768#comment-1984 <p>Fascinating subject. Here's a post about another type of "faking it" -- about the kind of emotional and intellectual work one does that may seem tangential to a project or not like "work" at all but that is in fact crucial to moving forward in the conceptualization stage. Or so my typist claims. It's here: http://roxies-world.blogspot.com/2009/10/interim-report.html</p> Fascinating subject. Here’s a post about another type of “faking it” — about the kind of emotional and intellectual work one does that may seem tangential to a project or not like “work” at all but that is in fact crucial to moving forward in the conceptualization stage. Or so my typist claims. It’s here: http://roxies-world.blogspot.com/2009/10/interim-report.html

]]> By: Faking It = Doing It « Snarkmarket http://www.profhacker.com/2009/10/13/faking-it-as-a-productivity-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-1957 Faking It = Doing It « Snarkmarket Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:34:11 +0000 http://www.profhacker.com/?p=2768#comment-1957 <p>[...] indis­pens­able ProfHacker on how truth begins with fic­tion in the acad­emy: Fak­ing it is a cru­cial way to get any­thing accom­plished. All Many abstracts for [...]</p> [...] indis­pens­able ProfHacker on how truth begins with fic­tion in the acad­emy: Fak­ing it is a cru­cial way to get any­thing accom­plished. All Many abstracts for [...]

]]> By: Beth Kuebler-Wolf http://www.profhacker.com/2009/10/13/faking-it-as-a-productivity-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-1954 Beth Kuebler-Wolf Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:48:46 +0000 http://www.profhacker.com/?p=2768#comment-1954 <p>Great post. (What I needed today as I face down a deadline for two projects.) On a related note, done is better than perfect!</p> Great post. (What I needed today as I face down a deadline for two projects.) On a related note, done is better than perfect!

]]> By: Jason B. Jones http://www.profhacker.com/2009/10/13/faking-it-as-a-productivity-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-1953 Jason B. Jones Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.profhacker.com/?p=2768#comment-1953 <p>Oh, no doubt: Once you actually start on something, tenacity is key. It can't just be faking all the way down. (Chabon has a funny paragraph about this, but there's a point at which quoting stuff in a blog post just seemed icky.)</p> <p>I'd much rather abandon something that proved impossible, or to at least scale it back, then wait too long to try. Reasonable people can probably disagree, though, and it's crucial, as you say, to be mindful of the impact on others.</p> Oh, no doubt: Once you actually start on something, tenacity is key. It can’t just be faking all the way down. (Chabon has a funny paragraph about this, but there’s a point at which quoting stuff in a blog post just seemed icky.)

I’d much rather abandon something that proved impossible, or to at least scale it back, then wait too long to try. Reasonable people can probably disagree, though, and it’s crucial, as you say, to be mindful of the impact on others.

]]> By: Laura/Geekymom http://www.profhacker.com/2009/10/13/faking-it-as-a-productivity-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-1952 Laura/Geekymom Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:31:47 +0000 http://www.profhacker.com/?p=2768#comment-1952 <p>I don't think I so much fake it about what I know, but fake it about looking like I know what I know, if that makes sense. In other words, what I find is often the case is not that I don't have the ability to do something or that I don't know something but that I feel like I can't do it or don't know it. Looking confident often leads to being confident.</p> I don’t think I so much fake it about what I know, but fake it about looking like I know what I know, if that makes sense. In other words, what I find is often the case is not that I don’t have the ability to do something or that I don’t know something but that I feel like I can’t do it or don’t know it. Looking confident often leads to being confident.

]]> By: Lisa Lynch http://www.profhacker.com/2009/10/13/faking-it-as-a-productivity-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-1951 Lisa Lynch Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:00:21 +0000 http://www.profhacker.com/?p=2768#comment-1951 <p>I think this can be good advice -- still, don't forget the downside of faking it: wrestling with an impossible argument that you made with bravado on a conference abstract, trying to accomplish unrealistic goals on a grant proposal, etc. Fakers need to take a clear-eyed look at the possible costs of their fakeries before making the leap. I think what's really important is both the ability to embrace the opportunity to take a chance on an idea, and the tenacity to shoulder the responsibility of cleaning up whatever messes you might make in the process -- especially if they involve other folks who agreed to take the leap with you.</p> I think this can be good advice — still, don’t forget the downside of faking it: wrestling with an impossible argument that you made with bravado on a conference abstract, trying to accomplish unrealistic goals on a grant proposal, etc. Fakers need to take a clear-eyed look at the possible costs of their fakeries before making the leap. I think what’s really important is both the ability to embrace the opportunity to take a chance on an idea, and the tenacity to shoulder the responsibility of cleaning up whatever messes you might make in the process — especially if they involve other folks who agreed to take the leap with you.

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