From Personal Space to Development Environment
Tom Harrigan
Alley Interactive
Working on large abstract systems involves fitting the whole thing into your mind – it’s like constructing a house out of expensive crystal glass
Why Programmers Work at Night – Swizec Teller
The Makers Schedule – Paul Graham
Breaking the rhythm of your daily routine has consequences. – Eat Move Sleep by Tom Rath
“Switching over to daylight saving time, and losing one hour of sleep, raised the risk of having a heart attack the following Monday by 25 percent” – Reuters
Brightness and Blue light
“reading on a tablet for a couple hours before bed may find that their sleep is delayed by about an hour.”
“Consume at least 500 milliliters of ice water on an empty stomach immediately upon waking. In at least two studies, this water consumption has been shown to increase resting metabolic rate 24–30%, peaking at 40–60 minutes post-consumption” – Tim Ferriss, 4 Hour Body
“Breakfast is also the ideal time to eat protein, which gives you the energy to make it through the day.” – Tom Rath, Eat Move Sleep
“chicken breast or protein shake will do” – Tim Ferriss, Four Hour Body
Take care of bigger, harder items while you have more mental energy
Track everything from sleep to caffeine consumption
A notebook is handy for this too.
Main principles:
-Get everything out of your head
-Break everything down into its next actionable task
Also, running shoes are great
Goal: Get man on Mars
Side benefits:
My bad goals:
My better goal: Buy a house
We grow better together. Find like-minded, or complimentary individuals to bounce ideas off of and learn with. Create or join a roundtable or mastermind group.
Don’t be afraid to ask people for help.
Tip: Post Status has a fantastic Slack community
“No matter how successful you are in your career, you must always remember that we are here to live. If you keep yourself busy working, you will surely regret it.” – Jack Ma
Structure in some free time. Example:
Sequel Pro
Sublime Text 3
plugins
– Airplane Mode
– private debug log
– query monitor
– fieldmanager
– transient manager
Eat Move Sleep – Tom Rath
SuperBetter – Jane McGonigal
4-Hour body Tim Ferris
Getting Things Done – David Allen
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