Hi, Just listened to the developer practices podcast and I've got a couple of thoughts:
1) I use Evernote for todo lists. The main benefit for me is there is only one place to go. I got bored trying to find a todo-list application that 1) I can access from anywhere, android, windows, the web and 2) does exactly what I want it to, without lots of additional complexity. So now I use evernote to store my todo lists. I've got a todolist note for each project at work (currently 4 projects), and one personal one. The same applies to my GTD. I've got a set of folders for GTD, one note per GTD project. This works remarkably well when I'm doing GTD reviews and as a trusted system. 2) Using the pomodoro technique: (work for 25 minutes & then 5 minute break). I agree with Tor, I find if I'm coding then it's not particularly useful. If I'm doing something for which it's easy to get into http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology), such as coding, then I find it easy to enter flow, so the pomodoros aren't necessary. However, if I'm doing stuff for which I find it hard to get into flow, then I find it helps to have something which pulls me back to focus. So if I'm doing some analysis, or some admin stuff, then I find it useful. Scott Hanselman has a very good podcast on this subject as well: http://hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=288 Have fun, Matthew. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
