Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Automation

In my last post (don't expect this sort of continuity to, err, continue), I mentioned that I will attempt to post more regularly by building up a reserve of content and then doling it out in a metered fashion. I probably didn't use those exact words, but that was my intent.

Automation
 To that end, I've written a little script (very little) that will do pick the next content in line from the reserve, put it into a pre-addressed email, and pop up a little window which will wait (patiently) for me to click Send.
 I'm hoping to schedule this script to run each time if it's been more than a few days since my last post. Otherwise, I may just have it run each time I start the computer.

Pithy Sayings
 This is a bit of a tangent into work philosophy. I've always liked these sayings:

What gets measured, gets done.
What gets tested, works.

 I like these versions even better.
What gets measured automatically, always gets done.
What gets tested automatically, always works.

 Oversimplification? Sure. But what rule is not without its exceptions?

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