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Seinfeld method and coding

James Cooke
January 30, 2014

Seinfeld method and coding

A look at how I've been using Seinfeld method to get my personal projects done - with some experiments combining it with Pomodoro Technique.

James Cooke

January 30, 2014
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  1. Seinfeld Method
    and coding
    James Cooke

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  2. My problems
    “You can only have
    one hobby”
    Some post I found on HackerNews

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  3. My problems (more)
    Big projects have no defined success.
    How should I know when I’ve finished?
    !!PROCRASTINATION!!

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  4. BUT…
    I want to get the big projects done.
    And one day I found...

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  5. Seinfeld method
    ● Print out a big calendar and stick it to the
    wall.
    ● Decide your “mini-task”.
    ● Every day you complete the “mini-task”,
    cross off a day.
    ● As you build up a chain of days, don’t break
    the chain!

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  6. Big projects: refactored?
    ● Can be broken down into small mini-tasks.
    ● Starting and stopping a mini-task is cheap.
    ● Goals are changed, success is closer.

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  7. And...
    START!

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  8. Feedback and measure
    ● Learn how you prioritise.
    ● Learn what your chain-breakers are.

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  9. Chain breaker example

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  10. Better measurement
    15 minute mini-tasks, nah…
    POMODORO!
    ● 25 minutes work. 5 minutes rest.
    ● Better concentration from rests.
    ● Better estimation of tasks.
    My mini-tasks == 1P
    Pomodoro timer image © Erato / CC-BY-SA-2.5

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  11. Seinfeld + Pomodoro
    ● Break the “future lock”
    ● Enjoy doing again
    ● Learn your own
    priorities and breakers
    ● Experiment
    Have more than one hobby!

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  12. Thanks for listening!
    Questions? Thoughts? Sharings?
    @jamesfublo // [email protected]
    This presentation is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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