January 02, 2006
Questions for the start of 2006
From Paul Graham
"In his famous essay You and Your Research (which I recommend to anyone ambitious, no matter what they're working on), Richard Hamming suggests that you ask yourself three questions:
1. What are the most important problems in your field?
2. Are you working on one of them?
3. Why not?
Hamming was at Bell Labs when he started asking such questions. In principle anyone there ought to have ... read more
November 11, 2005
(10+2)*5 & Konfabulator
Combining this approach from 43 Folders with the Konfabulator Widget Tea Timer has been a great approach for dealing with my to do list lately.
... read moreSeptember 07, 2005
July 02, 2005
GTD - procrastination tips
link to website
from Leon Bambrick
"A master procrastinator presents the solution.
Draw up a little piece of paper like the one shown below. Start taking notes.
On the left you write in your current tasks (the tasks you're blocked with)
In the right column you etch in anything you're worried about, any fears you have, and anything that's gonna stuff up when you try to do the things in the Action list.
Start anywhere."
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