:(
i even put up a sign, no use
― ice cr?mated (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 12 April 2013 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
they just go 'oh lol sign' and talk anyway
― ice cr?mated (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 12 April 2013 04:03 (eleven years ago) link
how's it goin?
― wk, Friday, 12 April 2013 04:14 (eleven years ago) link
where are we at with that?
pestering disguised as polite chitchat drives me up the wall
― wk, Friday, 12 April 2013 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
just wanted to check in, make sure you didn't need anything
― hoospanic GANGSTER musician (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 12 April 2013 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
by the way can one of you take care of these 7 things
the worst is having multiple of these people in your life who don't really communicate or care about the larger scheduling picture but just whatever little task they're worried about at the moment. particularly if one is more experienced/savvy/devious and knows how to constantly get me to do their stuff before the other guy's stuff.
― wk, Friday, 12 April 2013 04:22 (eleven years ago) link
'not interrupting, just making sure everything is okay''EXCEPT YOU ARE INTERRUPTING''oh sorry'
― ice cr?mated (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 12 April 2013 04:24 (eleven years ago) link
A long time ago I worked for two senior people at the same time, both of whom thought their work took precedence and both of whom piled it on (in one case I had to type up her rolodex cards on an actual typewriter--she would put them in my inbox hand-written on post it notes, which, lady, if you had time to write the whole thing down, why don't you just WRITE IT ON THIS ROLODEX CARD).
I frequently said, I'm working on all these things for the other person, can you please prioritize? so they changed it to alternate days, but it was definitely perceived as my being "unhelpful" and unable to accomplish all of both of their tasks.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Friday, 12 April 2013 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
we have the same problem, and need to bang some heads together at some point
― ice cr?mated (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 12 April 2013 04:30 (eleven years ago) link
The other senior editor at the same place would litter his office with reams of random notes and papers and have me pick them up one by one and READ THEM TO HIM, so he could tell me which shelf pile to put them in. He seriously just wanted to sit at his desk and have me do that for him. Editorial asst life is hell's nearest half acre.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Friday, 12 April 2013 04:30 (eleven years ago) link
jesus god
― hoospanic GANGSTER musician (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 12 April 2013 04:32 (eleven years ago) link
'also, lick my boots'
― ice cr?mated (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 12 April 2013 04:33 (eleven years ago) link
do these people discover one day that this is 'a way to work' ('it's so much easier!') or do they just have all these fantasies stored up about how they can dominate their subordinates once they have some
― j., Friday, 12 April 2013 04:39 (eleven years ago) link
Don't go into publishing, kids.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Friday, 12 April 2013 04:42 (eleven years ago) link
damn. i am currently looking for an entry-level position in publishing because i am afraid of going into academia. i hate being a (semi)recent college graduate.
― everything i know about metal i learned from this website (Pat Finn), Friday, 12 April 2013 05:21 (eleven years ago) link
but in terms of this thread, i am reading all about GTD and the moleskine hack. i am a sucker for this stuff because i am really inefficient and forgetful and i always believe that if i just found the right system these things would no longer be true.
― everything i know about metal i learned from this website (Pat Finn), Friday, 12 April 2013 05:23 (eleven years ago) link
I so rarely use paper.
― Jeff, Friday, 12 April 2013 11:08 (eleven years ago) link
oh man, i never saw this thread before, first 50 posts or so are amazing
― some dude, Friday, 12 April 2013 11:39 (eleven years ago) link
he's been beloved for so long that sometimes i forget what a good old fashioned HOOS hazing looked like
― some dude, Friday, 12 April 2013 11:40 (eleven years ago) link
the preferred nomenclature is HOOSAZING
― hoospanic GANGSTER musician (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
ftr i regularly punch myself in the face for including ~this moleskine hack~ in the OP
― hoospanic GANGSTER musician (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
https://photos-6.dropbox.com/t/0/AABaQjT3Iu4DSHL9yAJbCGbLnTujmn2D76NAvncd3FVP2g/12/30623206/jpeg/32x32/3/_/1/2/dominateyrcleaning.JPG/w6g9vCBTgJ2VRQ3mcB1Ahk-UditRsFdfyQP9bClBNxk?size=1600x1200
i blame these people
― hoospanic GANGSTER musician (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
i've got this on right now: http://www.43folders.com/2006/11/28/productive-talk-comp
― markers, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 03:20 (eleven years ago) link
Hoos & others - are you still doing this? any advice on how to get started?
― brio, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
read the book (srs.)
― caek, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
i think i've done it twice
― markers, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
what caek said i mean
the next action idea is useful
― markers, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
yeah - i'm reading the book now and starting to apply some of it. the basics seem really solid. what I was hoping for more was any advice on adjusting to it/sticking with it, how strictly you guys think it's necessary to stick to the book version. Thanks.
― brio, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
also thinking of projects as a collection of tasks or whatever
― markers, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
idk but i definitely do not DO gtd
no weekly reviews
i go in and out--i'm much more successful at applying GTD specifically in a work context, weekly reviews included--i really struggle to apply it throughout life. i'm on a downswing right now, but i'm very much aware of the degree to which my work is suffering as a result.
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
this is kinda posts very much in character but there's a podcast i listen to pretty much every week that is basically about how to do this ~productivity~ stuff on a consistently applied basis, and just the act of listening to it and being reminded and inspired by it is really useful. they did an episode a little while ago specifically on 'troubleshooting,' making sure you stick with it, and it's one of my favorite episodes of the show: http://5by5.tv/b2w/99
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
preemptive hi 5 markers
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
yeah - i'm very much on a loose summer swing right now, so I want to tighten things up this and next month and go into the fall feeling really solid and for lack of a better word - inspired.
between this and buddhism thread, which I'm also reading, I think markers and I are on parallel paths right now.
thanks - podcast looks great
― brio, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
haha i just checked it again and i recommend skipping to minute 26 to get past a long & jokey intro that won't make a lotta sense if it's your first episode
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
thank you for this time-saving productivity tip
― brio, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
every episode starts w/ that stuff i think
― markers, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
it's the way of the future
― markers, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
way of the FUture
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
if i've learned nothing else from marc maron, it is skip at least the first 15 mins of jokey intros that don't make sense
― brio, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
bulk bag
― markers, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
ive really got to get my shit together and hack together a hack to hack my hack
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
There must be some sort of editing drinking game that takes place whenever there's a minimum tl;dr criteria.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:41 (eleven years ago) link
― markers, Tuesday, July 16, 2013 8:29 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
its your thread
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 00:51 (eleven years ago) link
how strictly you guys think it's necessary to stick to the book version.
I would say not very? I got into GTD maybe 6 or 7 years ago, did it mostly by the book for about a year, but that got to be too much -- now I don't think an outsider would think of me as doing GTD at all, but I feel like the residue of its basic ideas stuck with me and are very useful -- especially things like "you are not going to do all five of these things you think you should do, so your choice is not whether to do all five or to bail on some, the choice is whether you're going to decide now which ones you care least about or whether you're just going to let circumstance decide for you which ones you don't do"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
a comparison of my calendar when i was really on my game, and now, when i'm not
http://hcd-1.imgbox.com/adm1frLs.jpg?st=7CPrUYpJ-zWbTmbpfYg99Q&e=1374101244
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 22:17 (eleven years ago) link