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<center>{{quoteon}}"What a to-doooo!" -- Glimfeather, ''The Silver Chair''{{quoteoff}}</center>__NOTOC__
{{sidebar|__TOC__}}[[User:Woozle|Woozle]]: '''To-Do List'''
<center>{{quoteon}}"What a to-doooo!" -- Glimfeather, ''The Silver Chair''{{quoteoff}}</center>
 
== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
I have been attempting, not always successfully, to keep my to-do list here in the wiki; I think [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/release-09-ope_b_46527.html Esther Dyson has explained] the theoretical benefits of this better than I've been able to.
I have been attempting, not always successfully, to keep my to-do list here in the wiki; I think [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/release-09-ope_b_46527.html Esther Dyson has explained] the theoretical benefits of this better than I've been able to. For more explanation, see [[/strategy]].
===Problems===
{{sidebar|<big>'''Headspaces'''</big>
An ongoing problem has been that the list keeps growing faster than I can take items off of it, leading eventually to abandonment until I come back many months later, clear pretty much everything out, and start over again.
* '''[[Josh]]'''
 
* '''housework'''
Another ongoing problem has been different areas of concern, all of which contain Uber-Urgent Items Which Must Be Done Now Or Else and which end up fighting with each other for my attention, leading to even less actually getting done.
** paying bills
 
** journal entries
So I've come up with a new strategy. It may or may not work, and even if it does work I consider it to be the equivalent of spit-and-baling-wire to keep things going until some of the major items on the list get Done and reduce the workload overall.
** updating to-do
===Strategy===
* '''vbz.net - development''' (see [[vbzwiki:to do]])
The strategy is to group the list by "headspace". Two items are in the same headspace ''if and only if'' it is not a major act of disruption to switch my attention from one to the other. This generally means that they both involve the same set of facts and issues, or that there is at least a large overlap.
 
I will then allocate chunks of time, more or less as they become available, to these different headspaces.
 
There also are different types of urgency, which I would roughly designate thusly:
* urgent, deadline -- task multiplies greatly or fails if not done by a certain date
* urgent, no deadline -- things get worse the longer you wait, but no firm date
* ongoing -- regular things that need to be done, like paying bills and shipping
* exploratory -- things which might improve the situation considerably, but don't ''need'' to be done
* creative -- things which probably won't have any positive effect on the situation, but might have a positive effect on my mood >.<
== Headspaces ==
* Josh
* vbz.net - development
** migration
** migration
* vbz.net - operations
* '''vbz.net - operations'''
** shipping
** shipping
** customer service
** customer service
* paid work (Sage & Swift, guru.com... invoicing...)
* '''paid work''' (Sage & Swift, guru.com... invoicing...)
* Creative
* '''creative'''
** writing funny stuff
** writing funny stuff
** recording funny stuff
** recording funny stuff
** recording music
** recording music
* Saving the World
* "'''saving the world'''"
** Issuepedia & related stuff (reading blogs...)
** Issuepedia & related stuff (reading blogs...)
 
** writing serious stuff
== Related Pages ==
<br><big>'''Related Pages'''</big>
*[[User:Harena/To-Do|Harena's To-Do List]]
*[[User:Harena/To-Do|Harena's To-Do List]]
*[[User:Woozle/to-do/archive]]: stuff done or abandoned
*[[/archive]]: to-do stuff done or abandoned
*[[Current events]] - The Hypertwin Calendar
*[[Current events]] - The Hypertwin Calendar
}}
==The List==
* '''Josh'''
** {{faint|2007-10-03}} finish application to Albemarle people
** {{faint|2007-10-03}} make list of what else needs to be done, and prioritize. Go to school and bug people? Just need to have a list of all the things we could or "should" be doing, and then see what we can actually be doing.
** {{faint|2007-10-03}} I'm totally lost about where we are with the whole TEACCH thing. I guess the next thing is to respond to her email? Mention about the Albemarle people wanting TEACCH's evaluation.
* '''vbz.net - development'''
** thorns-in-side (hampering operations):
*** {{faint|2007-10-03}} stock display is much too slow
**** finish migrating related queries to MySQL (almost done with this)
*** {{faint|2007-10-03}} '''catalog building''' is also ridiculously slow; investigate fixability
** migration - urgent things which can't be done until resolved
*** {{faint|2007-10-03}} topic maintenance
**** find old version of Access db which still has ID_Parent field in topics table
**** migrate data to MySQL
*** {{faint|2007-10-03}} image maintenance
**** figure out shortest path to getting this working
* '''creative'''
** funny stuff:
*** {{faint|2007-10-03}} polish off & record "Stand Up to Your Rights"
*** {{faint|2007-10-03}} record "[[Losing All My Organs]]"
*** {{faint|2007-10-03}} record "[[Stop and Smell the Roadkill]]"

Revision as of 21:50, 3 October 2007

"What a to-doooo!" -- Glimfeather, The Silver Chair

Introduction

I have been attempting, not always successfully, to keep my to-do list here in the wiki; I think Esther Dyson has explained the theoretical benefits of this better than I've been able to. For more explanation, see /strategy.

Headspaces
  • Josh
  • housework
    • paying bills
    • journal entries
    • updating to-do
  • vbz.net - development (see vbzwiki:to do)
    • migration
  • vbz.net - operations
    • shipping
    • customer service
  • paid work (Sage & Swift, guru.com... invoicing...)
  • creative
    • writing funny stuff
    • recording funny stuff
    • recording music
  • "saving the world"
    • Issuepedia & related stuff (reading blogs...)
    • writing serious stuff


Related Pages

The List

  • Josh
    • 2007-10-03 finish application to Albemarle people
    • 2007-10-03 make list of what else needs to be done, and prioritize. Go to school and bug people? Just need to have a list of all the things we could or "should" be doing, and then see what we can actually be doing.
    • 2007-10-03 I'm totally lost about where we are with the whole TEACCH thing. I guess the next thing is to respond to her email? Mention about the Albemarle people wanting TEACCH's evaluation.
  • vbz.net - development
    • thorns-in-side (hampering operations):
      • 2007-10-03 stock display is much too slow
        • finish migrating related queries to MySQL (almost done with this)
      • 2007-10-03 catalog building is also ridiculously slow; investigate fixability
    • migration - urgent things which can't be done until resolved
      • 2007-10-03 topic maintenance
        • find old version of Access db which still has ID_Parent field in topics table
        • migrate data to MySQL
      • 2007-10-03 image maintenance
        • figure out shortest path to getting this working
  • creative
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