Tag Archives: Beeminder

Beeminder guest post on Beeminding All The Things

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Brent

I’ve written about my use of Beeminder a few times here before. I just wrote a guest post for the Beeminder blog entitled Beeminding All The Things, in which I explain some lessons learned and best practices for dealing with … Continue reading →

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In praise of Beeminder

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Brent

In January 2013, I wrote a post explaining my use of Beeminder, after using it for six months. Well, I’ve now been using it continuously for almost four years! It has become such an integral part of my life and … Continue reading →

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Maniac week postmortem

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Brent

My maniac week was a great success! First things first: here’s a time-lapse video1 (I recommend watching it at the full size, 1280×720). Some statistics2: Total hours of productive work: 55.5 (74 pings) Average hours of work per day3: 11 … Continue reading →

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Maniac week

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Brent

Inspired by Bethany Soule (and indirectly by Nick Winter, and also by the fact that my dissertation defense and the start of the semester are looming), I am planning a “maniac week” while Joyia and Noah will be at the … Continue reading →

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Beeminding for fun and profit

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Brent

I’ve been using Beeminder (which I’ve mentioned once before) for a little over six months now. The verdict? Beeminder has changed my life. That sounds dramatic, but I’m not kidding. I am far more productive than I’ve ever been. I’m … Continue reading →

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FogBugz, Beeminder, and… pure functions in the cloud?

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Brent

For a number of years now, I’ve used a free personal instance of FogBugz to track everything I have to do. At any given time I have somewhere between 50-150 open tickets representing things on my to-do list, and over … Continue reading →

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