Sometimes I take a break from my real to-do list to just randomly click around on Micro.blog until something annoys me, then fix it. These little things are easy to overlook, but enough of them taken together make a nice difference.
@manton I love this idea! The “real” to-do items are important, of course, but nothing beats this sort of regular “weed-pulling” for keeping the code updates fresh and relevant.
@fgtech @pimoore @simonwoods @Gaby I guess I owe everyone a real explanation of my to-do lists... After years with formal systems — OmniFocus, etc. — I now take an ephemeral approach. I know the big things to work on and have notes about them, but every week I start with a fresh list for what feels important right now. If it takes longer than a week, I repeat until it's done or no longer feels important. YMMV. 🙂
@manton @fgtech @simonwoods @gaby Nice, this sounds very similar in concept to Bullet Journaling, but focused on the whole week while still being able to migrate tasks forward if needed.
@pimoore Good point, I hadn't thought of that comparison. I love the idea of bullet journaling but haven't tried to go all-in on that approach.
@manton It’s an extremely flexible system, that’s probably its strongest advantage, and I wouldn’t be surprised if there are already people using it that way. If you haven’t read it, I strongly suggest checking out The Bullet Journal method by Ryder Carroll. 📚
@pimoore I've used bullet journaling method, very effective in a law office where you must track deadlines, push to and from a backlog and break things into managable tasks. I use a similar approach now just using an Outlook task list, integrates better w/ my e-mail and cross-platform reminders. Unfortunately I cannot completely push stuff off that doesn't feel important; clients and courts tend to feel very differently than me!
@manton the new behavior on iOS when adding a link is so good. My biggest complaint used to be how hard cursor placement is.