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DaveC426913
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I'm doing a lot (a LOT) of data entry right now - patient info.
I can't copy/paste because one program is in a remote window, so copy/paste doesn't transfer.
So I've got to read 10-digit health card numbers and multi-part fee codes from an Excel sheet into the billing app. The more I can remember in one pass, before having to look back, the faster I can enter data.
This is unlike the usual programming I do. For that, I need both "sides" of my conscious brain to tackle coding from a very conscious and aware PoV.
Doing data entry, I'm discovering that I have extra "pockets" of memory that are helping me out.
When reading a 10-digit number, I can get about 6-7 numbers in my "primary" memory, and the last few numbers I am able to retain in my visual memory - i.e. literally, I see the numbers in my head - sometimes only in my peripheral vision (just outside my focus) - and can type them in just by looking at the image in my head.
When reading a sequence of diagnostic and fee codes, I speak them out loud, and they seem to be stored in my auditory memory.
This is kind of cool - realizing I have multiple "flavours" of very short term memory.
No questions, just thought it was cool.
I can't copy/paste because one program is in a remote window, so copy/paste doesn't transfer.
So I've got to read 10-digit health card numbers and multi-part fee codes from an Excel sheet into the billing app. The more I can remember in one pass, before having to look back, the faster I can enter data.
This is unlike the usual programming I do. For that, I need both "sides" of my conscious brain to tackle coding from a very conscious and aware PoV.
Doing data entry, I'm discovering that I have extra "pockets" of memory that are helping me out.
When reading a 10-digit number, I can get about 6-7 numbers in my "primary" memory, and the last few numbers I am able to retain in my visual memory - i.e. literally, I see the numbers in my head - sometimes only in my peripheral vision (just outside my focus) - and can type them in just by looking at the image in my head.
When reading a sequence of diagnostic and fee codes, I speak them out loud, and they seem to be stored in my auditory memory.
This is kind of cool - realizing I have multiple "flavours" of very short term memory.
No questions, just thought it was cool.