Metaphorically Holding My Breath to Be Productive
Synopsis: When I’m working on challenging/tedious projects, I need adequate external motivation to charge up my creative engine. Without...
Microtask Day 13: Furious Creativity with Friends
This post follows from yesterday’s Mission Abort! Microtask Fail post, so I recommend reading that before reading this. Yesterday...
ABORT MISSION! Microtask Challenge Days 10-12
Today would have been Day 12 of the Microtask Challenge, but I’m calling it a dud. While the idea...
Droplet: Productivity Tracking and the Internet of Things
I got some email about Droplet, a physical button that you can stick to something to track when you’ve...
MicroTask 09: Trying to make progress in the face of distractions
Yesterday I deployed the “project” version of my Microtask sheet, but it was one of those days filled with...
MicroTask 08: Drawing Boxes to Trick Myself
The first week of my microtask experiment seemed to go pretty well. For this week, I’ve decided to apply...
MicroTask 07: Make a Chore Sheet
For today’s MicroTask, I made a variation of yesterday’s MicroTask sheet. I was experiencing extreme sluggishness, and woke up...
MicroTask 06: Add Text to MicroTask Form
I was feeling a bit fuzzy-headed this morning, having eaten way too much curry last night for a first-ever...
MicroTask 05: Proofread a Post!
Today’s MicroTask is proofreading a post I HAD started yesterday. I don’t usually proofread or do a second draft,...
MicroTask 04: Look in the Paper Box!
Today’s MicroTask is even tinier than yesterday’s: Look inside a box. There has been a large box full of...
