Effective Procrastination with HiveMinder Paul Fenwick Perl Training Australia

Paul Fenwick

Perl Training Australia

Task management

Photo (C)John Linwood, used under CC-BY-SA

Not doing things

Effective Procrastination

Tasks must get done...

...but not all today

http://hiveminder.com/

Braindump commands Buy bread [shopping food]

Buy bread [shopping food]

Braindump commands Buy bread [shopping food] ++Buy coffee [shopping food]

Buy bread [shopping food]

++Buy coffee [shopping food]

Braindump commands Buy bread [shopping food] ++Buy coffee [shopping food] +Write hiveminder talk [talks][due:Wed]

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

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]

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]

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: rick.measham@example.com]

Give talk on Net::Jaiku [due:Wed] [owner: rick.measham@example.com]

Assigning tasks Give talk on Net::Jaiku [due:Wed] [owner: rick.measham@example.com] Return Firefly DVDs [borrowed] [owner:some.friend@example.com]

Give talk on Net::Jaiku [due:Wed] [owner: rick.measham@example.com]

Return Firefly DVDs [borrowed] [owner:some.friend@example.com]

Assigning tasks Give talk on Net::Jaiku [due:Wed] [owner: rick.measham@example.com] Return Firefly DVDs [borrowed] [owner:some.friend@example.com] Provide ADSL2+ in Coburg, dammit! [owner: anyone@anyone.at.all]

Give talk on Net::Jaiku [due:Wed] [owner: rick.measham@example.com]

Return Firefly DVDs [borrowed] [owner:some.friend@example.com]

Provide ADSL2+ in Coburg, dammit! [owner: anyone@anyone.at.all]

Groups

Shared TODO

Household group

Braindump commands Buy bread [shopping food] [group:household]

Buy bread [shopping food] [group:household]

Braindump commands Buy bread [shopping food] [group:household] ++Buy coffee [shopping food] [group:household]

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]

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 someone@else.com tag this with holiday scuba comment this Draft is on my desk.

T (hide until tomorrow)

6 (hide for six days)

priority this high

give this to someone@else.com

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.

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

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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