| Lots of writing to my future self. 1. Trello with columns for the week, month, and quarter, year. 2. Open notebook next to mouse 2a. Left page: daily todo checklist with pen and paper. (2-3 rows per day) 2b. Right page: scratch, sketches of plots, sticky notes, etc. 3. Typed dev journal to capture research, URLs, papers, thoughts, ideas, progress, and extensions. (every github project has a dev/ folder for these notes, filename yyyymmmdd-n.txt) New file per project per day, as needed. 4. Yellow sticky notes for ad hoc ideas (end up on the bottom of the screen, notebook or whiteboard). Typically maxims to keep me pointed in the right direction for a project (e.g. "no one ever will rtfm") 5. Whiteboard, column per project, printouts + magnets (monthly plots of project progress), sticky notes, ideas for future projects, all kinds of stuff I try to overcommunicate with my future self. It helps to get my current thoughts straight re expectations, progress, sticking points, etc. I'm the roadblock, not the work. The work is typically paint by numbers after a "hard think" about it. Working like this solo for 8 years. Been using a /dev dir and .txt files for live development journal since my PhD days in early '00. Saved my ass countless times (grep). Oh, and doing the same things every day. Mostly. E.g. customer support, then promote, then writing, then code, then... No thinking required, just do the next thing we do after this... |