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"Operation Manhattan" contains Org files for managing reading time.

This project is inspired from mbuf's Operation Blue Moon.

Motivation

Reading more
Time management
Better estimation
Self-improvement
Statistics

Workflow

If you are interested in participating in these sprints, list down the books you want to read (in next 1 year), and email rj722 [at] protonmail [dot] com.

What?

Create an Org file in plan/ directory with your GitHub username. See plan/user-example.org reference.

For every book you want to read, create a task into plan/<USERNAME.org>. Under this heading, create a checklist with all the chapters of the book (along with time estimates).

You can insert a new task into your plan file by invoking M-x insert-org-manhattan-entry after adding the following function to your Emacs init configuration:

(NOTE: For spacemacs related config, see this gist)

(define-skeleton insert-org-manhattan-entry
  "Prompt for task, estimate and category"
  nil
  '(setq task  (skeleton-read "Task: "))
  '(setq estimate  (skeleton-read "Estimate: "))
  '(setq timestamp (format-time-string "%s"))
  "** TODO " task \n
  ":PROPERTIES:" \n
  ":ESTIMATED: " estimate \n
  ":ACTUAL:" \n
  ":OWNER: <YOUR_USERNAME_HERE>" \n
  ":ID: READ." timestamp \n
  ":TASKID: READ." timestamp \n
  ":END:")

A task that spans across multiple sprints should have the same ID and TASKID, but, you can add a suffix to the task name as "Part I", "Part II", "Part III" etc. across sprints. This helps to track the total time spent on a task.

When?

For each sprint, you list the tasks that you want to work under the PLAN heading in your Org file.

You should also decide on the hours you can spend per day and create a work-per-day entry for each sprint in the PROPERTIES drawer as shown below:

** April   20, 2020 - April   29, 2020 (9 days)
    :PROPERTIES:
    :wpd-RJ722: 2
    :END:

You should not clock anything in your Org file. All clocked timings will be in sprints/.

How?

During the sprint, you can send PR with your clocked timings. You need to ensure that ACTUALS in the PROPERTIES drawer get updated. You can add the following to your Emacs configuration:

(defun org-update-actuals ()
  (interactive)
  (org-entry-put (point) "ACTUAL"
                  (format "%0.2f" (/ (org-clock-sum-current-item) 60.0))))

(global-set-key (kbd "C-c s c") 'org-update-actuals)

At the end of a sprint, a retrospection meeting will be held to review the same.

It is recommended for participants to wear a heavy watch so that they have the notion of time.

Upcoming Sprints

April 18, 2020 - April 30, 2020 (13 days)
May 01, 2020 - May 16, 2020 (16 days)
May 17, 2020 - May 29, 2020 (13 days)
May 30, 2020 - June 16, 2020 (17 days)
June 17, 2020 - June 30, 2020 (14 days)
July 1, 2020 - July 16, 2020 (16 days)
July 17, 2020 - August 2, 2020 (16 days)
August 3, 2020 - August 18, 2020 (16 days)
August 19, 2020 - September 2, 2020 (14 days)

Contact

Rahul Jha ("RJ722")

rj722 [at] protonmail [dot] com

RJ722 / operation-manhattan