Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule

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Post by thankuz » Mon, Mar 14, 2011, 10:31 PM UTC

Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule
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Re: Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule

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Post by arepb » Mon, Mar 14, 2011, 10:36 PM UTC

Similarities to Google calendar daily view are striking.

Re: Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule

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Post by sebkomianos » Mon, Mar 14, 2011, 10:56 PM UTC

I wonder what time Barack Obama, Nicola Sarcozy, Vladimir Putin and other presidents/prime ministers go to bed at. And how much sleep they get.

Thinking about it, a study on how and why "sleeping" has changed over the years would be really interesting.

Re: Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule

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Post by Abid » Mon, Mar 14, 2011, 10:58 PM UTC

No commute to and fro work!?

Re: Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule

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Post by RiderOfGiraffes » Mon, Mar 14, 2011, 11:03 PM UTC

You may be interested in reading the many comments from when this was submitted earlier:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=765113

Re: Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule

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Post by huherto » Mon, Mar 14, 2011, 11:36 PM UTC

Was Franklin the first agile hacker? The questions are very similar to the ones you do in the daily stand up.

http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum/daily-scrum

Re: Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule

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Post by btucker » Mon, Mar 14, 2011, 11:49 PM UTC

Franklin's autobiography (where this comes from) is a fantastic quick read with lots of thought provoking ideas relavant to the HN crowd. Definitely recommended!

Re: Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule

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Post by pan69 » Tue, Mar 15, 2011, 12:02 AM UTC

Hmm. Looks very similar to my own typical work day. Except I get up at 6 instead of five which means I have one hour less a day to spend per day. However, I would no be able to function properly after a while without that one extra hour of sleep.

Re: Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule

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Post by nickpinkston » Tue, Mar 15, 2011, 12:07 AM UTC

btucker wrote: post #7

Franklin's autobiography (where this comes from) is a fantastic quick read with lots of thought provoking ideas relavant to the HN crowd. Definitely recommended!

Yea totally - some great stuff in there. Wisdom!

Re: Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule

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Post by mwdev » Tue, Mar 15, 2011, 12:12 AM UTC

pan69 wrote: post #8

Hmm. Looks very similar to my own typical work day. Except I get up at 6 instead of five which means I have one hour less a day to spend per day. However, I would no be able to function properly after a while without that one extra hour of sleep.

You should give it a try. You might surprise yourself. I recently started getting up at 4 just to see what would happen. I've got a ton more time and occasionally need to take a nap around 5-7pm, but other wise have been fine just getting 4 hrs a night.