At the behest of mark, I was Listening to the recent perlcast – “Interview with Tom Limoncelli”, author of Time Management for System Administrators, there were some good tips…and some funny lines.
To get his time estimations for how long a project will take, he says
“I take how long I think something is going to take, and I multiply it by PI.”
I think it was tounge in cheek, but it was amusing nonetheless.
Another tip I found particularly good was this advice:
One of the best time management tips I can give is to just use perl.
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Perl lets you automate system tasks like no other language before
Heh. Nice.
There was even a tip for Eric in the intereview…something about keeping your inbox clean :)
One thing I do know. Listening to too many 45 minute podcasts will probably not help you get things done.
