/challenges-projects/design-challenges/get-closer/b/blog/posts/flora-colorcam-fun-and-frustrationMy boyfriend Victor showed me this cartoon once and I thought it was funny, but I didn&#39;t quite get it. Last week, when he was listening to me trying to program my Flora for a few hours in a row, he showed it again. This time I got it. This ...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/get-closer/b/blog/posts/flora-colorcam-fun-and-frustrationSun, 22 Sep 2013 20:39:56 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:46125a7b-f54c-4b4e-b763-4ee05abdc466DAB1<p>Hi Linda,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good update.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One of the best methods I have found to help pull yourself out of a coding problem is to sit down and try to explain to someone else what the program is supposed to do.&nbsp; Nine times out of ten, you will get to the part where you are having problems and the bit &quot;eurika&quot; light goes on in your head and you quickly understand what you did wrong.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Even after years of programming, I still get to those Hmm moments.&nbsp; Then I sit down with my wife or someone else and go through the code and sure enough, dumb error pops right out.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I had one bug that I had shipped with a product and a year latter when I was training the customers software engineer I found it by explaining the software during a training session.&nbsp; Forcing yourself to go back to the beginning retunes your mind to what you want to do.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Have fun,</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=16489&AppID=107&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">