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I've been aspiring to a philosophy I call "event based processing" (I know the term has other meanings in computing) or alternatively "Zero Impact Activities".
by evolve2k 9y ago
I've been aspiring to a philosophy I call "event based processing" (I know the term has other meanings in computing) or alternatively "Zero Impact Activities".
Regardless of the name the concept is that in undertaking daily tasks the tidy step is completed as part of untaking the task (eliminating a separate tidy phase).
Eg as a Parent I was constantly tidying or managing the kids to tidy the shoes area near the from door as all of us would take our shoes off fairly loosely around the door. I realised I needed as second shoe rack and then after discussing the new goal of an always near shoe area spent around 3 weeks on everyone's back to retrain us all to take off shoes and put them neatly in the rack. Eventually it became just what we all did, I achieved success and tidying up the shoes is now an eliminated task.
Similar applies having the family put their dishes straight into the dishwasher after the meal and better yet have a post dinner family tidy schedule at the end of the meal event.
Think of task flows as a messaging queue :P
- evolve2k 9y agoRelated I played with washing up and putting away ingredients as I cooked. Commonly I would stir then grab 30 seconds to wash a cooking pot/throw out packaging/put away in fridge etc. It's greatly reduced the washing pots phase which commonly includes items that seem less dishwasher friendly. I found it easy to do for most recipies I know well.
- mobilefriendly 9y agoThis also makes the task easier because stuff doesn't have time set on the pots -- less scrubbing -- and by avoiding a nasty dish pile, pots stays cleaner and you don't cross contaminate.
- hyperpallium 9y agoWhen I googled, the consensus was to wash-as-you-go. My interpretation is that cooking is an act of creation, and when accomplished, it's over. You don't feel like doing washing up, a non-creation act, because that energy/enthusiasm is gone. Whereas if you wash as you go, as part of the task, it also uses the energy of creation. So: not literally time-saving, but enthusiasm-efficiency.
- cup-of-tea 9y agoI reckon it also does save time. The reason is there's plenty of "dead time" during cooking. Waiting for water to boil, sauces to reduce etc. But those periods are not long enough to do much else and your hands will generally be too dirty to do even small tasks. The best use of those little sections of time is to wash up.
- fgeiger 9y agoPipelining.
- evnn 9y agoGarbage collection vs stack allocation