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Beeminding since 2008-02-11
Cofounder of Beeminder
http://dreev.es
push: Pushups
mmuvi: Meta-meta UVIs
freshdink
squatshot: Dryland static skating drill
zombiequeen: Win the red-queen race against zombies (aka regressions). Demotions count.
anki: Total reviews per Anki's stats page
freshblog: Make epsilon improvements to the oldest blog ideas (plus migrate old blog ideas till all in new repo)
freshtask: Curate my to-do list
cluttermania: +1/2 item in, +1/2 item out
freshfry: Gissue freshening for my AGI Friday repo
readramanujan: Read _The Man Who Knew Infinity_ by Kanigel
ramble: Binary goal: Whether I locomoted a mile
infra
dial: Adjust graphs for upcoming 2 weeks of calendared events
wvi: Workerbee-Visible Improvements
agifriday: Post to AGI Friday substack
cortex
sisyphus: Lift heavy things and put them down again
tabdeath: Kill a tab a day or so
rolodex: Add people to my rolodex and/or reach out to them
gitwhit: Whittle down GitHub notifications
yare: Read Nagoski
sugar: Eat less of it (than I otherwise would)
paper: Clear the paper backlog at the Beesnest
parents: Call my parents -- whichever one is free or I've talked to least recently
pull: Pullups
mustdo: Doing the One Must-Do Task of the Day
beemail: Send more beemails
tweet: Tweet more as Beeminder
freshgish: Make epsilon improvements to the oldest gissues
sideslide: Slideboard workout time
gsent: Send more mail per GmailZero (aggday min, stupidly, so delete and refetch to dispatch beemergency!)
freshtips: Freshen the Random Tips of the Day
dinosquats: With a kettlebell
bogmail: Whittle down my dumb email backlog again
freshbiz: Make epsilon improvements to the Operations Manual (plus migrate gissues to new repo)
support: Beeminder Customer Support
freshwax: Keep the beeswax fresh (make an epsilon improvement to the oldest beeswax gissue)
freshroad: Make epsilon improvements to the oldest gissues in the road (Beebrain) repo
integrations: Launch more autodata integrations
euler: Project Euler
sptzero: Hit Support Zero periodically
freshbooks: Curate (via freshgishing) my list of books to read
freshios: Make epsilon improvements to the oldest gissues
mobeemail: Send monthly beemails
codecamp: Earn points on freeCodeCamp
trydeepwork: I sure am trying it...
meta: Metabeeminding
freshnest: Backlog freshening on the Beesnest repo
lovewins
blog: Beeminder Blog Posts
slackstar: Dispatch starred (saved) messages in Slack
bux: Tagtime goal for bux-ing activities
discostar: Move starred items out of Discord (generally to the forum or a gissue)
uvi: User-Visible Improvements to Beeminder: http://beeminder.com/changelog
fatebook
veggies: Listen to Melanie, at least 5 handful-sized servings of fruits/veggies per day
garminsteps: Steps as measured by Garmin watch
storygraph: Read more per StoryGraph
eme: Email and Meta-Email
rolypoly: Ride rollers more
smk: Dreeves's Wasted Time
bab: Dreeves's Parenting
forum: Post more in the Beeminder forum
garmiles: Miles traveled under own power per Garmin watch
sleep: Dreeves's Sleep
git
caffeine
tt: Dreeves's <a href='http://tagti.me'>TagTime</a> Time
nafk: Dreeves's Time Spent on the Computer
garminutes: Intensity minutes per Garmin watch
email
gtime: Time in Gmail
fb: Limit time on Facebook
wri: Write words
beebrain: Beebrain development, including YBHP
manifold: Money, meet mouth
weighins: No backing self into corners with impossible weight beemergencies
dev: More Developing
strava: Skate or bike, as tracked by Strava
commits
gitall
activetime: Active Time as measured by my Fitbit
floors: Floors ascended as measured by my Fitbit
caloriefire: Calories burned as measured by my Fitbit
gmailzero: Inbox Zero
zoneminutes: The AHA recommends 150 zone minutes per week. Get much more, as measured by Fitbit.
hn: Hacker News Habit
entomophobia
steps: Steps as measured by my Fitbit
mass: Sub-70 probably skate-speed-optimal