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Comment author: malcolmocean 20 August 2013 05:53:36AM 6 points [-]

First half sounds like GTD / workflowy. Second half sounds like Goal Factoring.

But this seems more like a 5-second skill thing, which is cool. There is, of course, another skill, which is knowing what zoom level is appropriate.

Comment author: Andy_McKenzie 20 August 2013 05:26:38PM 0 points [-]

First half sounds like GTD / workflowy. Second half sounds like Goal Factoring.

Agreed with these analogies.

But this seems more like a 5-second skill thing, which is cool.

When I've tried it, it's taken more like 30 s - 1 min.

Another thing separating it from a 5-second skill is that you can use it on others, too, but that could be a bit Dark Artsy.

There is, of course, another skill, which is knowing what zoom level is appropriate.

Definitely.

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