Turning a Pizza Box into a Project Tracker
Pizza Box Project Stack
Alexander Cobleigh shares his take on Ratfactor's paper-based project stack system. Using defunct business cards and a homemade cardboard organizer cut from a pizza box, he tracks tasks in three stacks: blanks, current tasks, and finished ones. The angled task stack keeps the next project in view, and the physical system offers low-friction, satisfying task management.
Cardboard paper-crafting is a really fun way to satisfy one’s need for specific physical items and I encourage people to try it out with whatever cardboard one can save up and to have a glue gun on hand (buy one or borrow one from a friend or tool library/DIY meet) as it makes it just that much more fun!
- ozyschmozy
I have something similar for my electronics projects, but a bit more "physical" I guess. I had trouble with having multiple ongoing projects, and parts/tools for them intermingling and taking up desk space. I ordered some cheap plastic trays from AliExpress (I think they were meant to be parts of a bathroom organizer or something), which have enough depth to contain boards, components, specialized tools, etc., and stack well. When I need to shelve a project (usually because I'm waiting for parts or I need the desk space), I put everything related to it in an empty tray and put that tray on top of the stack. When it becomes unblocked or I have some spare time to work on something, I pull out the tray and already have most of what I need
- cf100clunk
Not about my old Sparc 10, I see.