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Re:Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do. by diN0bot on Friday December 11, 2009 @05:47AM (#989492)
an hn poll tipped me off to pivotal tracker

   http://pivotaltracker.com

   http://proudlyprocrasdonating.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/project-management-and-motivation/
the number of hours i put in each week has increased (charts are just so damn motivating for me), plus the whole team is more focused. it's an awesome tool. i want to hug the developers.
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Re:Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do. by RiderOfGiraffes on Friday December 11, 2009 @05:49AM (#989493)
Clickable:

http://pivotaltracker.com

http://proudlyprocrasdonating.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/proje...

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Re:Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do. by judofyr on Friday December 11, 2009 @07:16AM (#989562)
While clickabilty is nice, it makes me a little sad you have more points than the parent.
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Re:Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do. by hrishimittal on Friday December 11, 2009 @09:26AM (#989706)
Don't be sad. It's just points.
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Re:Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do. by yason on Friday December 11, 2009 @05:39AM (#989476)
A programmer's version would probably be: Write code. Not too much. Mostly think.
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Re:Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do. by RiderOfGiraffes on Friday December 11, 2009 @04:56AM (#989437) 

  > The most famous line from the entire book are its
  > first eight words, which, he says, sums up his whole
  > philosophy:
  >
  >       Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
I'm confused - where's the eighth word?

Apart from that, I liked this article. It's not too deep, it doesn't contain Earth-shattering advice, but it has served to re-focus my efforts to get things done in a mountain of tasks, obligations and distractions.

I've put "Find the eighth word" on a list ...

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Re:Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do. by Retric on Friday December 11, 2009 @09:48AM (#989751)
I thougt it was "Eat real food, not too much, mostly plants" but that could just be my bad memory.
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Re:Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do. by davidmathers on Friday December 11, 2009 @11:04AM (#989885)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t....
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Re:Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do. by chops on Friday December 11, 2009 @10:11AM (#989794)
Maybe he just counted syllables.
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Re:Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do. by richardburton on Friday December 11, 2009 @06:03PM (#990726)
Great advice. I find that any to-do list that I use on my computer distracts my flow because I flip to another window or get away from my browser/Textmate work and try to find the thing to tick. There's something enormously satisfying about crossing out something you've written onto a quality notepad.
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Re:Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do. by epall on Friday December 11, 2009 @10:16AM (#989803)
So basically...GTD
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Re:Make Lists. Not Too Much. Mostly Do. by mojuba on Friday December 11, 2009 @05:49AM (#989495)
Do whatever is necessary to do the (most important) items on your list. ... and when nothing obviously is needs to be done now, look at your list, and do more. Then go home and relax.

Pure wisdom. The entire article is so enlightening. I didn't know I should do something during the day and then go home and relax. I always thought it was quite the opposite.

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