Seinfeld method and coding

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Seinfeld Method and coding James Cooke

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

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

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

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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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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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And... START!

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

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Chain breaker example

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