effective procrastination with hiveminder
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Effective Procrastination
with HiveMinder
Paul Fenwick
Perl Training Australia
Task management
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Not doing things
Me practicing my combat magic. ;)
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Effective Procrastination
Tasks must get done...
...but not
all today
http://hiveminder.com/
Braindump commands
Buy bread [shopping food]
Braindump commands
Buy bread [shopping food]
++Buy coffee [shopping food]
Braindump commands
Buy bread [shopping food]
++Buy coffee [shopping food]
+Write hiveminder talk [talks][due:Wed]
Braindump commands
Buy bread [shopping food]
++Buy coffee [shopping food]
+Write hiveminder talk [talks][due:Wed]
-Get free wiimote jacket [games wii]
Nintendo: 03 9730 9822
Braindump commands
Buy bread [shopping food]
++Buy coffee [shopping food]
+Write hiveminder talk [talks][due:Wed]
-Get free wiimote jacket [games wii]
Nintendo: 03 9730 9822
--Watch Life on Mars [tv @home leisure]
Braindump commands
Buy bread [shopping food]
++Buy coffee [shopping food]
+Write hiveminder talk [talks][due:Wed]
-Get free wiimote jacket [games wii]
Nintendo: 03 9730 9822
--Watch Life on Mars [tv @home leisure]
Release Some::Project!! [@work]
Sharing tasks?
Assigning tasks
Give talk on Net::Jaiku [due:Wed] [owner: [email protected]]
Assigning tasks
Give talk on Net::Jaiku [due:Wed] [owner: [email protected]]
Return Firefly DVDs [borrowed] [owner:[email protected]]
Assigning tasks
Give talk on Net::Jaiku [due:Wed] [owner: [email protected]]
Return Firefly DVDs [borrowed] [owner:[email protected]]
Provide ADSL2+ in Coburg, dammit! [owner: [email protected]]
Groups
Shared TODO
Household group
Braindump commands
Buy bread [shopping food] [group:household]
Braindump commands
Buy bread [shopping food] [group:household]
++Buy coffee [shopping food] [group:household]
Braindump commands
Buy bread [shopping food] [group:household]
++Buy coffee [shopping food] [group:household]
Put out recycling [due:Wed] [chores] [group:household] [hide until: Wed]
Easy to add tasks
Problem
Record everything
Too many tasks!
Too many
=
Too hard!
Solution:
Procrastinate
Review each morning
Know what you're doing
Know what you're not
Just one problem...
It all sucks!
Send an
e-mail?
Navigate a web-page?
Move the mouse?
Too hard!
Showing tasks
todo @work
tood @work
t @work
Creating tasks
Context
Showing Context
Using context
Doing tasks
done #7ABC
done /keyword
todo @garden
done these
Task Review
review @work
review these
accept
accept these
review these
Task review
T (hide until tomorrow)
6 (hide for six days)
priority this high
give this to [email protected]
tag this with holiday scuba
comment this Draft is on my desk.
IM interface
is good!
Except...
c Prune apricot tree
[@home garden chores] [group:household]
Aliases
alias chore=create [group:household]
[chores @home]
chore Wash dishes
alias garden=create [group:household]
[chores @home garden]
garden
Prune apricot tree
alias w=todo @work
Hiveminder doesn't do everything
Programmer API
Programmer API:
Shawn works
really well!
Other Tricks
Calender Integration
Any hiveminder page can export a ical feed.
Calender integration
On Sunbird (mozilla calendar):
Copy link location
Add as iCalendar (Read-only)
Change webcal:// to http://
You can give this to others; no auth needed
Hiveminder List
= Atom Feed
Text mode editing
Remember...
Procrastination
can be good...
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