I just picked up a beta copy of Pragmatic Programmers’ The RSpec Book, so I’m ready to get started on this one.
Nhoj's Life List
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4. Finish Introduction to Algorithms
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5. learn Spanish
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6. master the guitar
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7. learn Python
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8. treat my GERD
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9. master Rails
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10. Learn to solder
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11. learn bike repair
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12. make a smaller ecological footprint
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13. Become a better programmer
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14. Contribute to an open source software project
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15. be a scientist
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17. run my house on solar power
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18. spend less money
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19. plan for the future with my friends and family
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20. Get better at chess
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21. Learn how to play bridge
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22. Learn Arabic
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23. start a business
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24. be prepared
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25. take better pictures
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27. relearn the piano
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28. upgrade my ham license
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30. Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
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31. purge excess stuff
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32. finish HTDP
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33. Do NaNoWriMo
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35. learn JavaScript
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36. write an iphone app
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37. Design and build a beer brewing robot
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38. learn OpenCL
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39. play drums
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How I did it
How I did it: The first time I saw Barack Obama was back in March, 2007. I had a feeling he would be president someday, but obviously it wasn't certain. The people were involved in the political process, and it worked! Read how I did it…
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The RSpec Book
8 months ago
And I'll do it, too!
19 months ago
I’ll do it, even if I have to get on the Supreme Court and vote for him myself!
It's cool, but not my thing
22 months ago
ZTD is sort of a modified, simplified GTD. The ebook has some excellent points, but it’s not really my style. Some people find GTD unstructured, particularly in the “doing” phase. For those people, ZTD is probably better. Also, ZTD would be good for those who find GTD just a little too much to tackle at once. In ZTD, you phase it in over a period of months, one habit at a time.
