WiP: Improving Productivity Scripting common daily tasks. JeremyMates 2002-11-08 The author disclaims all copyrights and releases this document into the public domain. $Id: productivity.xml,v 1.1 2004/01/22 19:27:43 jmates Exp $
Productivity
  • productivity important
  • time == money
  • more automation == good
  • … up to a point
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    Banal Tasks
  • Identify time wasters.
  • Identify loops.
  • Identify cruft filtering.
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    A Solution
  • Script it!
  • well, duh, but…
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    Case Study in Lost Productivity
  • many pages to view
  • much cruft per page
  • irregular page updates
  • … too much time being wasted!
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    The Problem
  • Angst-Technology
  • Calvin & Hobbes
  • Dilbert
  • GPF
  • MacHall
  • MegaTokyo
  • Non Sequitur
  • Penny Arcade
  • SinFest
  • Sluggy Freelance
  • User Friendly
  • … and more!
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    Challenges
  • Irregular updates.
  • Sluggy Freelance: nifty, but multiple images on sunday!
  • Hidden comic behind images. (AdGIFs)
  • Multi-page sites?
  • User display: Preferences? Customizations?
  • What about vacation?
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    Legal
  • IANAL
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    Source See under Sial::Apache::ImageShow module for the get_images.pl script. Not really release quality code, but then this would not be a “Work in Progress.” :)