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Time as a tool

12/4/2023

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I very much like the idea and practice of using time as a tool.

I heard about it at a software developers conference a while back. When micro services and agile development  were growing in popularity.

The concept was to take a problem and throw resources at it. The most appropriate ones for the task in hand. Tools, techniques, expertise, skills, people, time.

Using time, programmers work in sprints. One definition is: "Sprints are time-boxed periods of one week to one month, during which a product owner, scrum master, and scrum team work to complete a specific product addition."

I use tiny sprints to write fiction. Or for client work. Sometimes I throw 10 minutes at a job. Sometimes it's 20. More often it's an hour at a time.

And between 'sprints' I'm cooling my brain down. Reading. Watching the news. Walking. Gardening. Tidying. Dozing. ​Spending my time units doing something relaxing.

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