Demo-itis

[BazTheHat]

Hi,

I've written a short article about something that can affect all of us creatives - "demo-itis". It can stagnate the creative process which is never a good thing. The article looks at what it is and how to avoid it.

www.ryerson-sound.com/articles/demoitis

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

 

[CelticRambler]

Nerdy nid-pick: that should be demo-tosis - the state of having lived through too many demos.

Demo-(t)itis would be when your eyes/ears/fingers are bleeding from watching/working on the same stuff over and over and over again.

[Sorry for that: can't help it - in my day job, the difference between an -itis and an -osis can matter a lot! ]

 

[BazTheHat]

That's a brilliant description of those suffixes, thank you.

It's arguable that, having listened to a demo too many times, your ears/eyes might feel like they're bleeding!

What's your day job? Something in the medical profession?

 

[CelticRambler]

What's your day job? Something in the medical profession?

Something (and sometimes)! My diploma says I'm a veterinary surgeon, but that was given to me a long time ago and both the job and I have changed since ...

With reference to the dopamine hit that you mention in the article, there was a research paper published recently that showed that this is an effective way to train human surgeons. The researchers used "auditory reward" (i.e. a dog training clicker ) each time they'd successfully completed certain gests within a complex task. It worked in the same way that you describe - they sped up each step of what they were doing in anticipation of getting that delicious click.

 

[BazTheHat]

Something (and sometimes)! My diploma says I'm a veterinary surgeon, but that was given to me a long time ago and both the job and I have changed since ...

With reference to the dopamine hit that you mention in the article, there was a research paper published recently that showed that this is an effective way to train human surgeons. The researchers used "auditory reward" (i.e. a dog training clicker ) each time they'd successfully completed certain gests within a complex task. It worked in the same way that you describe - they sped up each step of what they were doing in anticipation of getting that delicious click.

That's brilliant! I guess it could be used in all sorts of fields as a training aid.