The sound of Getting Things Done
So i caught the Getting Things Done bug. Basically, this project to start an indie software shop was getting nowhere fast. With a (lovely!) wife, two (delightful!) small children, a (very decent?) day job and a fair amount of the (no comment) drama that i call life (that's what you call that drama, too, isn't it??) i just wasn't getting anywhere with my one app, much less with starting a company. Having heard of gtd ("Getting Things Done" for the uninitiated) i thought i'd give it a try. After my first failed foray, powered almost entirely by google, i broke down and bought the book . The prose wasn't as bad as i thought it would be, and it really did help me set up a working system to keep on top of everything i need to get done. After working on it for about six weeks, i had a working system that was starting to pay off. Now, about 3 months into this odyssey it's definitely working for me.
This is not a profound life changing sort of metamorphosis. Really, i'm just better able to prioritize, and better able to see everything i do holistically. The result for my whole life? Let's just say that my wife enjoys the fact then when i say i'll pick the kids up, she doesn't have to worry about them getting stranded. The result for Helium Foot? It's been a little mixed. gtd has made me much more productive. Unfortunately, most of the time that i've gained has thus far gone elsewhere. There is hope however! During the past two weeks, i dedicated a few blocks of at least an hour and was able to put together a working registration system! I'm going to go out on a limb here and lay down my birthday as my self imposed deadline to get a MyWi beta out the door. If i make it, then i'll tell you when my birthday is.