Yak Shaving – Page 2

The Attack Yak

December 16, 2019July 3, 2017 by jessitron

(This post describes the first yak category. You might choose to start with the Taxonomy of Yak Shaving intro.) Black Yak, aka Attack Yak. (quotes are from yakbreeder.com) When you feel that your task is 80% complete, these yaks form the next 80%. They are the distance between “works on my box” and “this is … Read moreThe Attack Yak

A Taxonomy of Yak Shaving

December 16, 2019July 3, 2017 by jessitron

Yak Shaving is: doing seemingly-unrelated tasks to get some real task done. The name has obscure roots and doesn’t matter; the key is that it makes you think, “Why would you do that?” Yak shaving can be: I want to make dinner, but I’m doing stairs; moving objects around in order to clear a path … Read moreA Taxonomy of Yak Shaving