Category Archives: Productivity

Weeknote for 3/9/2025

Productivity 😎 Ben Rich’s memoir Skunk Works gave me an aeronautics angle on adaptive development processes. I wanted to find out how R&D was done at a successful organization outside of software development and before the rise of Agile. Some … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 3/2/2025

Productivity 🙂 I explored the application of CPU scheduling to human task management. A computer has a lot of tasks to juggle, and normally it flips between them so seamlessly, you don’t notice. How does it do that, and what … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 2/23/2025

Productivity 🤔 I got a bit more clarity on the idea of task urgency in the Eisenhower Matrix. I realized urgency is tied to how soon a task is due. But not every task has the same kind of due … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 2/16/2025

Productivity 😌 I finished simplifying the way I register in Notion which tasks I work on in a day. Why do I even want to keep track of this? Because my memory is such a fog that I grasp at … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 2/9/2025

Health 😐 I’m dealing with the remnants of my illness. My fever was gone Monday, but I still worked from home to spare my coworkers my coughing and any leftover germs. I’m probably not very contagious at this point, but … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 1/26/2025

Productivity 😌 I’m diving back into my productivity system update. My task management has been languishing under my awkward system while the holidays and other things took precedence. But now I’m getting back to it, if I can get past … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 12/29/2024

Holidays 🙂 We got into the swing of our still low-key vacation. Once Abbie and Colleen arrived, our family gathering felt complete and a bit livelier, though overall it was another quiet week of Christmas together, which mostly suited me … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 12/22/2024

People 😌 December’s parties have been pretty low key this year. Our department Christmas party a couple of weeks ago was at a restaurant with lots of good conversation but only a quiz for a game. The company party last … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 12/15/2024

Holidays 😌 I finished my Christmas shopping and made some more progress on the gift labels. I want to get through the main work on those in the next few days, but I’m far enough along that they shouldn’t be … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 12/8/2024

Holidays 😐 I got the barest start on my Christmas shopping. I was a little too occupied with work and blogging. I did order a new suitcase and a new phone for myself, though, so clearly I had my priorities … Continue reading

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