We Still Don’t Get Things Done • Hacker News Board

Re: We Still Don’t Get Things Done

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Post by marcind » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 9:17 AM UTC

bluGill wrote: post #114

systemvoltage wrote: post #68

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If you've ever worked in manufacturing, real Kanban boards are messy but organized for the people to know what's going on. Every Kanban board I've seen is unique in its own ways. Some use post-it notes and some specialized tokens that magentically attach to the board. Design of the board and layout can vary widely, but generally when you see one, it is a workshop organization tool made by people who feel comfortable…

Whiteboards are better in every way but one : a whiteboard doesn't sync with anything central or remote. You have to decide if this matters to you. If yes get a tool, if not get a whiteboard.

it's not "syncing" yet but https://sharetheboard.com does make it easy to save and send whiteboard content with other people and tools (in real time). one-click integrations are a few weeks off. syncing is just one step after that.

Re: We Still Don’t Get Things Done

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Post by ric2b » Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 12:09 AM UTC

Doches wrote: post #38

This is _exactly_ why I stopped keeping TODO lists, and started keeping DONE lists instead. What's a done list? Think of it as an anti-TODO list: your DONE list is where you write down everything that you've, well, done. You know that little dopamine kick you get from filing a neatly-tagged TODO or marking off something that you've finished? A done list is just that, and the only way to use it is to train yourself to…

The app you've built was exactly the starting point for the founders in the article.

Re: We Still Don’t Get Things Done

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Post by topologie » Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 3:54 PM UTC

darepublic wrote: post #166

ohthehugemanate wrote: post #73

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I see it as a similar problem as we (humans) have with all systems: we mistake the system for the actual solution. It's not. You need to focus on the real problem at hand, and devise/adapt a correct solution in context. Systems and frameworks provide helpful tools and templates, but they all require contextual adaptation. FWIW this is what I like about the foundations of Agile for project management. The manifesto po…

It's like a finger pointing at the moon

Love that expression.

I recently read this about it:

https://essenceofbuddhism.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/what-the-...