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Ironically, this app is almost surely the product of procrastination. I had the idea to make this once, then I realized a) just do the thing, b) a literal post-
by toxik 4y ago
Ironically, this app is almost surely the product of procrastination. I had the idea to make this once, then I realized a) just do the thing, b) a literal post-it note solves this and more.
- junon 4y agoIt's made by Sindre Sorhus, who certainly does not procrastinate when it comes to OSS. This was definitely made out of a need for efficiency or self improvement. Everything he builds has self-utility.
- yakshaving_jgt 4y agoWriting code, compiling it, and fiddling with it until it’s sufficiently robust to handle most typical edge cases when rendering text in a menu bar is more efficient than writing on a Post-it note? Really? I think I would have gone with the Post-it. Or a file on my desktop. Even the data in the Post-it note is persisted in the event of power failure!
- lalopalota 4y ago> Writing code, compiling it, and fiddling with it until it’s sufficiently robust to handle most typical edge cases when rendering text in a menu bar + distributing it for others to use is WAY more efficient than send post-it notes and a pen to every user who is looking for a way to stay on task.
- yakshaving_jgt 4y agoAh, yes. Distribution is an interesting challenge to solve. It’d be useful if we had some form of electronic mail. If only.
- Dylan16807 4y agoDid you read the whole comment you replied to? If you have a way to send someone post-its in an email that they can attach to their screen, please share.
- yakshaving_jgt 4y agoYes, I am capable of reading an entire sentence. I think a forest is being missed for some trees here.
- Dylan16807 4y agoWell you made a criticism that didn't make sense. I can guess what you really mean but I think you're making some unwarranted assumptions. Not everyone has a supply of post-its. If you can avoid those purchases for a hundred people that's a significant impact already.
- britneybitch 4y agoMy pet peeve is people who can't resist writing comments dripping with sarcasm while everyone involved is obviously talking past each other. Why don't you just explain your point in plain language?
- yakshaving_jgt 4y agoOk. Fair enough. I respect Sindre Sorhus' work, and I'm not going to denigrate it. I'm not sure if that was ever in question, but I'd like to make that clear up front. The One Thing tool is certainly neat. What confused me was a previous commenters fawning. The tool's author is certainly productive and has published lots of great stuff over a long period of time, but that does not mean the One Thing tool "was definitely made out of a need for efficiency or self improvement". If the goal is "to help you focus on a single task", then there are certainly more "efficient" ways of achieving that. Again, not to say I don't like the tool. I like the tool. And I respect the author. But the lionization struck me as peculiar.
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- quickthrower2 4y agoLuckily most people have a way to get access to stationery, and it is quite decentralised. It just isn’t too newsworthy to say “use a sticky note”
- akerl_ 4y agoLet’s not put people on a pedestal. Being prolific at open source software doesn’t imply that somebody never procrastinates, or that they never just get an itch to make something that’s not driven by an immediate need. Sindre Sorhus makes some amazing projects, but he’s still human.
- junon 4y agoI'm happy to speak highly of someone I have worked closely with for over a decade.
- renewiltord 4y agoI'm actually quite glad that you did. I like the app idea but I wouldn't have installed it. The social credit you gave him got me to look up his Github and that convinced me to install this app. Thank you.
- toxik 4y agoI was going to write the same thing! Some cool stuff in there.
- wildcow 4y agoThere exists many apps that should have been a post-it
- layer8 4y agoThere’s definitely worse ways to procrastinate.