Stop. Look Around.

04/21/10 Joe

“Missing items in a complex visual search is not a new idea: in the medical field, it has been known since the 1960s that radiologists tend to miss a second abnormality on an X-ray if they’ve found one already. The concept — dubbed “satisfaction of search” — is that radiologists would find the first target, think they were finished, and move on to the next patient’s X-ray.” via

-Even when you think you’ve got it sorted, take a second and look around. I can’t tell you how many hours of future programming time you’ll save yourself by making a habit of taking a few seconds to review your last changes even after they “work.”