screen shot of my glassboard simulator app with High-Effort jokes written on it

High-Effort Jokes - Learning by having fun

High Effort Jokes? I learn best by doing, by building stuff and trying out new skills. I often use weird, fun, quick one-off projects to accomplish this. This lead to my concept of learning by implementing High Effort Jokes. The process of which goes roughly as follows: I have a (somewhat stupid) fun idea, often a somewhat inside joke for my friends or colleagues I think of a way to turn that idea into a mini project I think of a skill that I want to learn or improve that could benefit from a fun mini project I build and ship said mini project in a couple of days …....

January 4, 2022 · 2 min · Rik Harink