Show HN: Focus on what matters – who should do what
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Re: Show HN: Focus on what matters – who should do what
#2Hmmm... Hungarian notation for task delegation. Interesting.
In any case, this wouldn't work for me because it's missing a critical declaration of WHEN. Missed deadlines are more often discussed in failed projects' post mortems rather than wondering WHO dropped the ball.
I would've used '@' for WHEN and maybe '~' for WHO. But maybe we're getting into sigil hell.
Re: Show HN: Focus on what matters – who should do what
#3"should" - not the best verb, but cool idea nonetheless.
Re: Show HN: Focus on what matters – who should do what
#4Hmmm... Hungarian notation for task delegation. Interesting. In any case, this wouldn't work for me because it's missing a critical declaration of WHEN. Missed deadlines are more often discussed in failed projects' post mortems rather than wondering WHO dropped the ball. I would've used '@' for WHEN and maybe '~' for WHO. But maybe we're getting into sigil hell.
(I am one of the guys behind opp.io)
What's Hungarian about it? :)
When is definitely important, we have it on our roadmap. We picked @who because of @mention. Does it come natural to you?
Re: Show HN: Focus on what matters – who should do what
#5"should" - not the best verb, but cool idea nonetheless.
Erik, how would you phrase it?
Re: Show HN: Focus on what matters – who should do what
#6Hmmm... Hungarian notation for task delegation. Interesting. In any case, this wouldn't work for me because it's missing a critical declaration of WHEN. Missed deadlines are more often discussed in failed projects' post mortems rather than wondering WHO dropped the ball. I would've used '@' for WHEN and maybe '~' for WHO. But maybe we're getting into sigil hell.
(I am one of the guys behind opp.io) What's Hungarian about it? :) When is definitely important, we have it on our roadmap. We picked @who because of @mention. Does it come natural to you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_notation
> Hungarian notation is an identifier naming convention in computer programming, in which the name of a variable or function indicates its type or intended use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_notation#Relation_to_...
> For example, in some forms of BASIC, name$ names a string and count% names an integer. The major difference [...] is that sigils declare the type of the variable to the compiler, while Hungarian notation is purely a naming scheme not enforced by the compiler.
Re: Show HN: Focus on what matters – who should do what
#7Hmmm... Hungarian notation for task delegation. Interesting. In any case, this wouldn't work for me because it's missing a critical declaration of WHEN. Missed deadlines are more often discussed in failed projects' post mortems rather than wondering WHO dropped the ball. I would've used '@' for WHEN and maybe '~' for WHO. But maybe we're getting into sigil hell.
+1 for WHEN. I like the ~ for When since a lot of dates are ballpark estimates, at least in planning stage.
Re: Show HN: Focus on what matters – who should do what
#8I don't agree with the verb tagging personally. It's irrelevant, isn't? Someone need to "do" something. The particular word choice doesn't impact the necessity.
@who is the assignment
#what is the task name
@when is the due-date
!do is pointless to specify.
Re: Show HN: Focus on what matters – who should do what
#9I don't agree with the verb tagging personally. It's irrelevant, isn't? Someone need to "do" something. The particular word choice doesn't impact the necessity. @who is the assignment #what is the task name @when is the due-date !do is pointless to specify.
`do` isn’t always the verb, though.
@JoeBloggs should !do #CakeBaking
vs
@JoeBloggs should !bake #Cake
EDIT: oh, I see, you tagging verbs more generally. I disagree. It adds context.
@JoeBloggs #Contract by Friday.
What about the contract? Review, sign, amend, shred?
Re: Show HN: Focus on what matters – who should do what
#10Hmmm... Hungarian notation for task delegation. Interesting. In any case, this wouldn't work for me because it's missing a critical declaration of WHEN. Missed deadlines are more often discussed in failed projects' post mortems rather than wondering WHO dropped the ball. I would've used '@' for WHEN and maybe '~' for WHO. But maybe we're getting into sigil hell.
+1 for WHEN. I like the ~ for When since a lot of dates are ballpark estimates, at least in planning stage.
Choice of symbol has some degree of being arbitrary and I only preferred '@' for when because we (at least in USA) often specify time that way. E.g. "meet for lunch @2:00pm". However, I can see that '@' might feel like a fragment of an email address John@xyz.com.
The tilde '~' because UNIX/Linux alias for user's home directory. Hence the "who". I do admit that's a meaningless reason for any mainstream audience.