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Seinfeld Calendar for Tracking Open Source Contributions
- there 18y agoshouldn't the month days link to the github page for the commit that warranted it having an x on it?
- danw 18y agoSubmit a patch? http://github.com/technoweenie/seinfeld/tree/master http://github.com/technoweenie/seinfeld/tree/master
- snprbob86 18y agoRead the lifehacker article which actually makes this make sense: http://lifehacker.com/software/motivation/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-secret-281626.php http://lifehacker.com/software/motivation/jerry-seinfelds-pr... Clever.
- mhartl 18y agoI've seen this before, and I like the idea, but Seinfeld's calendar was for writing jokes, and he's a comedian. It's not at all clear that there exists an X for which the statement "A hacker/entrepreneur should X every day" is true. It's even less clear that X = "make a contribution to open source".
- danw 18y agoDo something that will improve your product every day. Do something that will increase the value of your company every day. Do something to increase awareness of your product every day.
- sebg 18y agoVery Kaizen of you. I have used these small thoughts/questions in the area of fitness, diet, social awareness to great success.
- delano 18y agoThe point is not, what should a hacker/entrepreneur do every day. There is no one X. It's called X because it can be anything, including something tiny.
- sh1mmer 18y agoI posted this a couple of weeks back (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=407169 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=407169). I guess I should have titled it something else. That or new year is the best time for things that require resolution ;)
- delano 18y agoChaining is interesting as long as you don't make yourself feel bad for breaking the chain. But the best implementation is a physical calendar. Partly because it's tangible and partly because we already have plenty of external motivators. This implementation is the archetype of a system the should not use a database.