dougk7

I personally use text files on a repository to track my tasks. Each project has its own text file and each task is assigned a priority between 0 and 4 and a status between todo, doing and done. I commit changes to the repository morning and end of the day. The only problem I still have is estimating time (maybe I should look at a proper issue tracker for this)

So to check the tasks I've completed I issue a command like: "./show done PROJECT_NAME"

Not sure if this is the most productive thing but my productivity has really improved since I started doing this.

I like this poll but it might be biased due to the fact that 2 or more employees from the same company might take it.

A search engine and bookmark system for HN - I've been learning about search engines lately.

I started experimenting with Redis for the last couple of weeks and I'm really loving it's power. I most rely on posts like these to find new ways to use it.

And your way of sharding definitely gave me more insight into distributing Redis across many nodes

I started with Delphi in High school but moved to Python. In retrospect, starting with Delphi was a good thing, but using it for more than a year was a very bad thing! Now I'm into PHP, Java, C++ and other weird languages in addition to Python which is still my favorite

I love the way Google functions in respect to top management