Re:Ask HN: Does anybody use a bug tracker for their personal...
by prawn on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:09AM
(#9782448)
Sounds like me at home too, though with a digital version. I remember making a list of things to do around the house before we were due to host a party. Found the list a year later and about half the items still hadn't been done. Had to laugh at myself for that.
I've seen it said that if you don't get something done before the sticky note loses adhesion and falls off, it's clearly not important enough to you to bother with!
I wonder if something like this - home to-do lists - is solvable with an app for those that have failed to stick with something to date. Is it the person or is it the app?
Re:Ask HN: Does anybody use a bug tracker for their personal...
by akampjes on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:21AM
(#9782471)
I've worked with someone who had a physical kanban board and just trashed notes that fell off because they obviously weren't important enough to have been done in a reasonable amount of time and probably didn't need doing anymore.
Some technical issues (the sticky notes kept falling off and we literally "lost" work) and some social ones (we didn't secure buy-in with the household before we adopted the system; not everyone was on board with the idea of writing down every significantly sized chunk of work).
We still have some TODO list items that have been backlogged for a year or so but succumb to lower-pri, higher-urgency issues. Oh well. They'll be a little higher-stress to fulfill as the deadline approaches, but not a big deal.