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How I write and time-manage
- swombat 16y agoVery interesting, and good link to the Gruber/Mann talk. I'll have to listen to that. I find it really hard to find the time to write (even though I really deeply enjoy it), in part because I know that once I get started, I don't stop. But I have a start-up to run, so I can't spend all my energy blogging. Really, my problem with blogging isn't time-management, it's energy-management. At the moment, my energy is directed towards my start-up rather than towards my writing. I don't really know what the right answer is to this choice.
- rams 16y agoThe energy project, http://www.theenergyproject.com/ http://www.theenergyproject.com/ .
- voidfiles 16y agoHere is how I fixed the energy problem: I had two kids in two years. Sounds funny, I know, but what I realized is that I shouldn't be working harder, I should be working smarter. I also learned that people with lots of time on their hands always complain about not having enough time/energy, which I now know isn't the case. Now, its fair to say that I may not be making great things, but I feel better about what I am making, and I am happy with my throughput. Maybe, you don't need to have kids, but you do need to find some kind of full filling activity, outside of start ups. It will help you focus when you aren't doing that activity.
- adamhowell 16y agoMarco's really hit the trifecta as far as I -- and I'd assume a lot of other HNers -- am concerned: 1) dayjob with a small, impressive startup 2) smart, original side-project that has passionate users and an income stream 3) thoughtful, well-written essays on his personal blog
- steveklabnik 16y agoI just read that and had an interesting moment of self-realization. Wow. Of course, I'm not quite there yet. But yeah. You've summed it up.
- pgebhard 16y agoNot to mention a very cool wife, though I couldn't really say much beyond what I've seen on their respective sites.
- quizbiz 16y ago"Own every pixel of what you're making" stuck with me.
- csmeder 16y agoThanks for this, I needed this today.
- samratjp 16y agoAh, I wish the laptop designers/manufacturers would read this so they'll have a fear that Jobs is going to review their design before it goes to market.
- danramteke 16y agoSome certainly do. Namely, Jony Ive and company.
- p3ll0n 16y agoOne of the best time-management/productivity tips I ever came across was suggested by Jonathan Mead over at the blog Zen Habits. He suggests creating a "to-stop" list - a list of all the things that are sucking away your energy and are wasting your time. He suggests figuring out which of those things is having the biggest negative impact on you doing the stuff you really want to do and tackling that thing head on each day.
- pinko 16y agoAck! Reading Hacker News might be at the top of mine.
- ssn 16y agoAdvanced common sense?
- mhansen 16y agoI like to imagine someone critical reading my code when I'm programming. If 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself: 'Dijkstra would not have liked this', well that would be enough immortality for me. - EWD