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[{"user_id": 4935, "stars": [{"date_created": 1302475064.045835, "user_id": 20025}], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302473005.475728, "message": "I've been thinking about using http://www.markforster.net/autofocus-system/ in conjunction with http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ and a hierarchical todo list", "group_id": 95, "id": 614450}, {"user_id": 8936, "stars": [{"date_created": 1302573237.2767389, "user_id": 20120}, {"date_created": 1302798835.1575429, "user_id": 3314}], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302475883.3845191, "message": "These systems, while a great kickstart, requires constant vigilance to maintain effectiveness. I used Pomodoro Technique for about 8 months and got really good value out of review process. I could see where I was struggling to make to make progress and where I had to allocate more time the next day. However, when the $#!7 hits the fan, and the crunch is on, I lost it and haven't been able to recover. It's been over a month since I wrote down a list even though I've had some downtime.", "group_id": 95, "id": 615122}, {"user_id": 17523, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302482962.8968921, "message": "Can someone explain to me what the difference between this stuff and just working on things instead of fucking off is?", "group_id": 95, "id": 616158}, {"user_id": 27815, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302484298.4347291, "message": "Some people find it difficult to just get started and get distracted very easily.", "group_id": 95, "id": 616382}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302499134.869072, "message": "@dmitry It's often a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation for people who can't JFDI.", "group_id": 95, "id": 619925}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302499186.7568419, "message": "...but we just have to keep picking ourselves up. And I've found that for me, process helps more than it hurts.", "group_id": 95, "id": 619938}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302502388.8515561, "message": "for me, rescuetime.com", "group_id": 95, "id": 620481}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302505851.222331, "message": "@bjarnatar rescuetime makes me realise that I spent more time on convore.com than coda & virtualbox (I'm working on bb app)... if that happen, i spend less time goofing off the next day...", "group_id": 95, "id": 620958}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302505547.8232529, "message": "I found rescuetime to be frustrating. It would stop logging; the OS X app knew it wasn't logging, and yet it said nothing.", "group_id": 95, "id": 620947}, {"user_id": 25157, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302505465.1634669, "message": "How do you use rescuetime.com effectively for productivity? Do you mean blocking of certain sites, or are there more benefits? I tried it briefly some months ago and enjoyed looking at the pretty reports, but found it to be more of a distraction than a help in the end.", "group_id": 95, "id": 620944}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302508569.1158271, "message": "The basic idea is I decide what the model for a day is going to be. For example, a traditional 8 hours. Then I try to stick with it, and I can see metrics only for days when I'm going with that model.", "group_id": 95, "id": 621181}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302505934.216969, "message": "@bat if rescue time doesn't work for you and you like the idea, I'm 100% sure there's another app that do the exact same thing... the name escape me atm.", "group_id": 95, "id": 620962}, {"user_id": 25130, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302506232.4537499, "message": "I'm using a mix of tools in order to achieve a better productivity : \"Rescuetime\" for reviewing and keeping track on goals (aiming each week to improve my average score), Two Chrome extensions in order to control my distraction over the web : \"Delayed Gratification\" which adds a 30s penalty until you can open a website like Twitter or Facebook, \"StayFocusd\" which allow you an amount of time on distracting websites so you know you won't procrastinate more than a fixed time.", "group_id": 95, "id": 620980}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302508439.3360059, "message": "being bad at managing time over years hasn't stopped me from trying to invent time management techniques. I'm trying to build one now. Just made a rough logo. https://twitter.com/#!/chimeslice", "group_id": 95, "id": 621170}, {"user_id": 12709, "stars": [{"date_created": 1302542630.889029, "user_id": 22043}], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302508131.082401, "message": "I don't really use a technique as such - I guess they help some people, but as @bat says, it's a bit damned if you do, damned if you dont.\nI use Things (http://culturedcode.com/things/) & a Moleskine for my to dos / notes on things. And if I really need to get stuff done, then it's Isolator (http://willmore.eu/software/isolator/), and something like the Tron: Legacy soundtrack pumping through the Sennheisers ;p", "group_id": 95, "id": 621145}, {"user_id": 274, "stars": [{"date_created": 1302701976.825124, "user_id": 960}], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302515870.345505, "message": "http://thingler.com is the way", "group_id": 95, "id": 622705}, {"user_id": 19708, "stars": [{"date_created": 1302566084.688863, "user_id": 28560}], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302539715.380264, "message": "http://workflowy.com", "group_id": 95, "id": 625942}, {"user_id": 22043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302542692.590425, "message": "@markbate you pretty much nailed my system. One more aspect is to remove the time from the osx menu bar. You work for a lot longer when you don't know what time it is and you aren't watching the clock.", "group_id": 95, "id": 626658}, {"user_id": 17523, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302547565.9038899, "message": "I think (10+2)*5 is awesome for one reason: it's been shown that simply starting a task is often enough to complete it all the way (in other words, we are bad at starting tasks, not completing them). The system makes tasks seem so short and manageable that we get over the hill of stating quite easily.", "group_id": 95, "id": 627852}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302548017.2492311, "message": "dug up a link. hmm. http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/11/procrastination-hack-1025", "group_id": 95, "id": 627943}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302548065.1649389, "message": "the timer helps but I find I need to have a routine and to be pinged in order to set the timer in the first place, so it doesn't get at my main problem", "group_id": 95, "id": 627950}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302563198.280272, "message": "It's amazing how much of an effect good tab-closing practices in Chrome, MacVim, and Terminal has on my productivity.", "group_id": 95, "id": 631572}, {"user_id": 28870, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302571091.5611701, "message": "chrome is better than firefox imo", "group_id": 95, "id": 633860}, {"user_id": 28870, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302571001.06266, "message": "too many tabs is def a problem!", "group_id": 95, "id": 633825}, {"user_id": 12709, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302586723.503644, "message": "@mttwrnr yay! glad to know I'm not alone in my way of doing things ;p. I have tried removing the clock as well, but I work from home & the rest of the company is on quite different timezones - I already lose track of time as it is ;p", "group_id": 95, "id": 638313}, {"user_id": 7524, "stars": [{"date_created": 1302660839.9593041, "user_id": 29182}, {"date_created": 1302663770.546906, "user_id": 28865}], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302628536.5253949, "message": "I use GTD (Getting Things Done) with Nirvana app -> www.nirvanahq.com", "group_id": 95, "id": 645901}, {"user_id": 7762, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302660464.5652421, "message": "@undefined friend of mine tried that, says it works perfectly! I've yet to try it", "group_id": 95, "id": 654985}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302680143.4965789, "message": "that looks pretty sweet. I'm building a little org tool now: a pomodoro timer replacement that uses a clock instead of a countdown timer", "group_id": 95, "id": 661045}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302680268.3357, "message": "https://convore.com/shipit/clock-timer-a-tiny-app-for-giving-even-times-to-startstop-working/", "group_id": 95, "id": 661058}, {"user_id": 16714, "stars": [{"date_created": 1302832625.3120811, "user_id": 13806}], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302736199.736203, "message": "@GusJohnson I use Firefox 4 panorama/tab candy to manage my tabs into groups like what i'm actively working on, grouping related tabs on a particular bug, and keeping things to read later", "group_id": 95, "id": 673518}, {"user_id": 15106, "stars": [{"date_created": 1302792875.287111, "user_id": 28865}], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302762098.408319, "message": "http://tasskr.com", "group_id": 95, "id": 679802}, {"user_id": 14999, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18440, "date_created": 1302802516.467931, "message": "10.35am. 50,001. IN. AND. OUT!", "group_id": 95, "id": 687690}]