Comments on: the steep learning curve misunderstanding http://gasper.kozak.si/blog/2009/06/15/the-steep-learning-curve-misunderstanding/ a blog of one of those ... software developer geezers Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:56:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://gasper.kozak.si/blog/2009/06/15/the-steep-learning-curve-misunderstanding/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 James Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:56:09 +0000 http://kozak.si/widethoughts/?p=360#comment-1148 Your steep learning curve flattens out with increasing time or effort, so eventually, learning becomes difficult. Can "steep learning curve" refer both to the initial ease of learning and the eventual difficulty of it? That's what Wikipedia claims. Your steep learning curve flattens out with increasing time or effort, so eventually, learning becomes difficult. Can “steep learning curve” refer both to the initial ease of learning and the eventual difficulty of it? That’s what Wikipedia claims.

]]> By: Gašper http://gasper.kozak.si/blog/2009/06/15/the-steep-learning-curve-misunderstanding/comment-page-1/#comment-1037 Gašper Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:25:15 +0000 http://kozak.si/widethoughts/?p=360#comment-1037 Sure, if you turn the axes around, that's what you get. But, it's far more common to put the variable (effort) on the x-axis, and the function of the variable (knowledge) on the y-axis: y = f(x). It's a sort of standard. Sure, if you turn the axes around, that’s what you get. But, it’s far more common to put the variable (effort) on the x-axis, and the function of the variable (knowledge) on the y-axis: y = f(x). It’s a sort of standard.

]]> By: Swizec http://gasper.kozak.si/blog/2009/06/15/the-steep-learning-curve-misunderstanding/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 Swizec Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:13:35 +0000 http://kozak.si/widethoughts/?p=360#comment-1036 What if we put difficulty on the y-axis and skill on the x-axis? Personally I always thought that's how a learning curve graph is created. You know, as in, steep hill means a lot of walking without getting far, shallow hill means small amount of walking gets you far. :P Seems far more intuitive anyway. What if we put difficulty on the y-axis and skill on the x-axis?

Personally I always thought that’s how a learning curve graph is created. You know, as in, steep hill means a lot of walking without getting far, shallow hill means small amount of walking gets you far. :P Seems far more intuitive anyway.

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