What We Can All Learn From Ben Nadel

Most of you will be familiar with blogger extraordinaire Ben Nadel. Ben recently posted about a fundamental misunderstanding he had about jQuery event objects. There's something very important to be learned about how Ben approaches problems.

Ben uses blogging to do experiments in order to discover information. And he does a lot of these experiments. For years, I've advised people to treat some aspect of any project as a science experiment to learn about new technologies -- or to dive deeper into existing technologies. But Ben takes this a giant step forward: every day he carves a little time out of his day to do an experiment.

We all benefit from these experiments, of course. But think how much Ben gains from doing these: every day, his knowledge becomes both broader and deeper. There's a cumulative effect that ensures that, by doing a little every day, Ben's skills get sharper, his knowledge more settled. Imagine what we could all learn if we similarly dedicated a bit of each day to exploration and experimentation.