Php echo hello world...ooo shiny! (Nomad PHP May 2016)
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The conversion on this from Google Slides to PowerPoint kinda went wonky. The older copies of this presentation may be more useful. The first "slide" is the actual presentation given for NomadPHP.
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Php echo hello world...ooo shiny! (Nomad PHP May 2016)
- 1. <?php echo "Hello World...Ooo Shiny! Tips on time management and avoiding distractions.
- 2. What can I learn in this talk? ❏Why are distractions bad? ❏What can I do to reduce the amount? ❏What can I do to reduce the effects?
- 4. What distractions do we face? Unavoidable Meetings Email Phone Coworkers Bosses Mental Blocks Task Switching Avoidable FOMO! Twitter FaceBook IRC G+ Etc. Self Inflicted
- 5. What distractions do we face? External Meetings Email Phone Coworkers Bosses Task Switching Internal FOMO! Self Inflicted Mental Blocks Impostor Syndrome
- 6. So, how do we combat them? External Put the phone on DND Coordinate alternate contact methods that allow for non-immediate responses. Always keep 1 communication avenue open for Emergency Pings. Set aside a block of time specifically for follow-ups via phone, email, text, etc. Schedule meetings early or late. Adjust your own schedule to overlap with “business hours” Project Switching Manage your time by devoting larger chunks of time to each project.
- 7. More tips to combat downtime Internal FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) Block site Close tabs Mental Blocks Reach out to your coworkers or the community for help Take a break/walk Catch up on FOMO Impostor Syndrome
- 8. FIND A “SECRET” WORK ZONE!
- 9. But I work remotely!
- 11. What did I learn in this talk? ★ Why are distractions bad? ★ What can I do to reduce the amount? ★ What can I do to reduce the effects?
- 12. Resources Distractions: Jason Fried's TED talk “Why Work Doesn't happen At Work”: http://j.mp/12ED7C1 Codecraft post about Interruptions: http://j.mp/13zIuop Coding Horror post on Multi-Tasking: http://j.mp/10IG8za Impostor Syndrome: The blog article this talk was based upon (mine): http://j.mp/NNhX0d Laura Thomson’s blog post on Impostor Syndrome: http://j.mp/1gFPl4E Wikipedia article on Impostor Syndrome: http://j.mp/1d0UVO4
- 13. Thank you. And thanks to Nomad PHP Sean Prunka 15+ yrs of PHP experience ZCE PHP 5.3 (2010) Please rate on Joind.in: Old Site Style: https://legacy.joind.in/18141 New Site Style: https://joind.in/talk/e647b Twitter @sprunka
Editor's Notes
- Hello. I’m Sean Prunka and this NomadPHP Lightning Talk is all about being “in the zone” … that single minded state where we are at peak efficiency and productivity. PREFACE: Almost all tips and tricks do rely on team buy-in and management support. I’ll probably reiterate that more than once in the following slides.
- Since we want to remain “in the zone” Distractions are bad … Mmmm’KAY? So, with this talk, I hope to help you answer these questions. *WHY* are distractions bad for productivity and efficiency? How can we minimize interruptions? AND What can be done to mitigate the issues distractions cause?
- We're most productive when we're “in the zone”. Represented by 10 in our imaginary data metrics. But, it takes ramp up time to get there. The brown line represents an ideal situation: You ramp up and you stay in the zone until quitting time (be that end of day, or end of task.) The red line is roughly what happens when you get interrupted early in your ramp up time. You get knocked back out of the ramp and have to start it over. Light Blue and Yellow represent an interuption about mid way through ramp up. Yellow is a short distraction while the light blue is longer. Short distractions still represent down time and the need to ramp up, but the ramp up should go a little more quickly due to the last train of thought being fresh in your mind. Longer distractions are worse and slow down your ramp up time because you have new thoughts fresh in your head, that aren’t related to the original task. (It might be better to switch tasks completely or use some downtime tips (we’ll get to those.) Darker Blue represents an interruption after you've already hit the zone. It's almost impossible to get back into the zone.
- YouTubed to the weird zone...
- External/Internal vs. Avoidable/Unavoidable.
- So let’s fight the power! But remember that almost all of these tips and tricks do rely on team buy-in and management support! Do Not Disturb! Don't answer your phone. BUT! IMPORTANT! Always keep 1 communication avenue open for Emergency Pings!!! Let those distract you. But it is equally important that this specific channel be either reserved for emergencies, or that emergencies are highlighted differently (etc) You need to be allowed to ignore “Hey Sean? How do I log into the admin portal? The printer is jammed. ETC.” those are not emergencies and if you have to be plucked from the zone for such trivial matters, you can kiss your productivity goodbye. Block out downtime for follow-ups. Overlap your schedule. Work from home/co-work environment. Project/Task switching.
- I hate it when “The MAN” blocks sites, we're all adults, but if FOMO is getting the best of you. Edit /etc/hosts! Close your tabs! What about those times when you just can't get in the zone and you're stuck w/ a mental block? Well, that's when you allow all those other distractions to have their turns. Imposter Syndrome: co-worker/boss pep talks; a mentor (HUGE shout out to mine, Elizabeth Narramore, and my unofficial mentor, Jeremey Kendall;) and, of course, lean on your fellow community members.
- This was the best thing I found for me when I worked in a cube farm. (describe Battelle's env. Describe the Zone cube.) Etc..lead up to next slide remote working...
- Working in an office does have the benefit of peer pressure to help keep you focused, and I noticed that I was much more likely to waste time on FOMO when working from home than I did at the office. Sure, the office had many more external distractions than working at home, but I became my own biggest distraction. SO, how did I fix it? Co-working spots and keeping a separate laptop for ONLY work stuff. I noticed that I was generally more productive in 6 hrs at my co-working spot than I was in 16 hrs when actually at home. (except when I would work at night after everyone is in bed, then I was almost as productive as at a cowork location.)
- Now that you've learned something about how to avoid distractions, and how to mitigate those few unavoidable distractions, please remember to try to avoid being a distraction yourself. For those of working remotely, if your co-workers haven't seen this talk, and don't know to DnD their phones...don't call them, just in case they have their headphones on.
- Hopefully that covers enough to get you thinking about how you can take these concepts apply them to your own work environment..
- Don’t worry about copying these links, Slides from past versions of this talk are already on slideshare and if/when I figure out how to post Google Slides to SlideShare, these will be as well. ... so to follow me...*advance*
- So, this is me if you need to or want to reach out to me.