Asymptomatic

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Filler Freezer
March 09, 2005

I stopped at Wawa to get my soda for the day. While I was at the register, one of the clerks said to mine, “See pumps three and four? They’re inside their cars.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll handle it,” she replied, and rung me up.

Improving My Workflow
March 09, 2005

I was complaining to Berta yesterday about my inability to focus on one task long enough to complete it. There are just too many distractions to organize my thoughts on anything.

One main thing I would really like to do is get the groupware project rolling. It seems I’m just not going to have the time to do anything with it for a while, except for maybe dabbling with interface elements. It would be very neat if you could integrate it with a personal desktop time management application, too. Something could sit in your Windows tray that conencts to the groupware to fetch current tasks and notes. It would also keep your personal notes current, and could sync to the groupware so that when you leave the office and go home you still have all your notes. But I’m daydreaming again.

Berta’s solution to the task focus problem was to create a list of things to do. The “To-Do List”. One of Berta’s key features is that she makes a lot of lists. You should see the stack of steno pads that we have at the house. If not blank or doodled upon by Abby (and sometimes even in spite of that), they contain lists of things. Not just to-do lists, but shopping lists, garage sale lists, people to call lists, things around the house that need fixed lists, stuff that Owen has to do before we can sell our house lists - you name it, she’s got a list.