Deadlines keep you ALIVE - a blog post(kanebennett.wordpress.com)
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Deadlines keep you ALIVE - a blog post
http://kanebennett.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/deadlines-keep-you-alive/
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There's actually a name for what you're trying to describe in this post. It's called Parkinson's Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinsons_Law), and it states that "work expands to fill the time available."
I'm not sure if you're trying to be self deprecating with that "overly simplified graph" line. Either way, I wouldn't panic about it too much. Kathy Sierra wrote some of the best user experience writing on the internet using diagrams that were just as simplistic.
I'm not sure if you're trying to be self deprecating with that "overly simplified graph" line. Either way, I wouldn't panic about it too much. Kathy Sierra wrote some of the best user experience writing on the internet using diagrams that were just as simplistic.
I'd love to hear any thoughts or opinions on this post, and on my blog in general!
Without deadlines, I don't think, I would get anything done.
When you're setting deadlines that only you know of, there is no possibility of getting "punished" so it's much easier to procrastinate. If it works for you, cool, but I know it doesn't work for me and most likely it doesn't work for the majority of people.