Let’s get real. I’ve written before about my weaknesses. They can kill stuff I’m really excited about, if I’m not careful. New habits? Down the drain. Big, exciting project? Fizzles out. Simple home repair project? Never happens. I’m sure you can think of things in your own life that fizzle out, are regularly procrastinated, or […]
“Imagine your perfect day” Eight-year-old me had fun doing that. When I was eight I watched the Disney move “The Sword in the Stone”, about King Arthur’s childhood and training from the wizard Merlin before pulling the titular sword from the stone and becoming king. Despite being Disney-fied, it’s a decent retelling of the first […]
No need for an introduction, here they are. 1. You don’t make plans This is a no brainer. If you forget to plan, you plan to forget. Without planning, your mind, and therefore your life, is unordered and chaotic. 2. Your plans are not yours Your plans will suck if they are just the lists […]
What if there were no task inbox? We will already have a tickler file, and it works great for reminding us of things we need to deal with. That would include tasks, appointments, reminders, or whatever that comes up during the day. So, instead of a task inbox, Cue could place all newly added items […]
Maximum Viable Products are those that have grown and accreted so many features and so much functionality that they collapse under their own weight. Or really, just before that. When they’re at the largest that is actually viable as a product. When products get that “large” or try to do that much, they are ripe […]
Up to now, I’ve been outlining a product vision for Cue that is fairly complete. But, as I pointed out at the beginning, Cue is far from that vision now. There is a long way to go. So let’s explore what a minimum viable product would be. The question really is: “what is required to […]
Humans operate in cycles: the day, the week, the month, the year, the generation or life. In each one there are stages: planning, planting, laboring, and harvest. Alternately, reflection, inception, exertion, reception. Reflection Reflection is when you plan. You plan your day, or the next week, or the year. You look at the last cycle, […]
The idea of a task inbox is nothing new. Other todo and task apps have it. Some people just keep track of their plans in their email inbox, so they have it too. What it does is separate a couple decisions. The first is: do I care enough about this to remember it later? If […]
Doing mode is now engaged! You’ve ordered your mind in planning mode. For much of life, that’s all you’ll need. With an ordered mind, you go forth, doing the things you’ve already thought through while planning. The human brain can keep you on track for a while. But it will vary. If you plan the […]
Planning mode is where the heavy lifting happens. Doing mode is in and out, maybe moving things around to adjust, but mostly about remembering what you needed to do. Adding mode is also in and out, add something to your inbox, make it as quick as possible. But planning mode is where you’ll spend a […]