Comments on: Decimate Those “Someday” Projects with Triangulation

By: Bertrand

Bertrand — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:17:05 +0000

Ah well, I don’t use cards. I have this tiny notebook with removable sheets in my pocket all the time, and a cheap efficient pen. I usually use it to collect my thoughts, sometimes to do some project-thinking when I have nothing else to write on (too small for a comfortable mind mapping). Before reading this note, I had never used it to store a list of someday/maybe’s which could use some triangulation.

I have several of them which fall in my category creativity/expression, like writing a scenario for a computer game, designing my garden… These projects can be triangulated (“learning Ruby” cannot, “save the planet” hardly). I use the ‘weird-time’ windows (waiting for the bus, sitting on the toilets) to triangulate. Or bi-angulate, or mono-angulate, whatever.

I mean, I dont force myself to have 3 ideas about everything. What I do now -thanks to this post- is review as often as possible a category of someday/maybe projects and dump on my notebook some decisions about them. Not just thoughts which I would have to process, but decisions. And if I decide something stupid, well, I can always correct it later.

By: Darryl Heron

Darryl Heron — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:41:25 +0000

This is a great idea. I have dugg and stumbled your post.

By: Timothy Andrew

Timothy Andrew — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:37:22 +0000

I absolutely LOVE this concept. Thank you so much, this is very valuable. I’m planning on starting a blog, but I just inactively wait for inspiration to strike me. I guess this will help it on its way. Thanks again!

By: Tim Wayne

Tim Wayne — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:31:03 +0000

This sounds like an interesting and effective approach to accomplishing huge projects. I am having a little trouble visualizing it in practice, though. Any chance you could post a photo of all the cards of one of your big projects?

By: Jol

Jol — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:51:28 +0000

This is a process that I use unconsciously, but laying it out like this can help move things along when you become blocked. Thanks.

By: Summy

Summy — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:22:45 +0000

that's exactly what layering is about- break a project into small tasks and keep completing small chuncks...

By: Deborah

Deborah — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:23:18 +0000

Awesome idea! Definitely a little teak to getting going on projects that I haven’t heard before.

Thanks for the fresh idea.