The end of Wednesday

Today turned out to be a very productive day, although not quite as anticipated. My plan was to create an architecture overview for the proof of concept, and following a brief interrupt to attend another call, I began reviewing the available documentation. I'd sketched an overview on the whiteboard yesterday, so had an idea of direction of travel. On the basis that I have two weeks to create something working (and am architect, business analyst and coder on this project!), I decided to dive into some code from an earlier demo.

This proved useful, as by the end of the day I had a working framework. It doesn't do anything yet, but I feel like I've created some useful foundations. I've also started to document the product backlog, which I'll focus on more tomorrow. In classic to-do list style, I wrote my first backlog item -- "Working static site integrating existing styles and templates" -- and 10 minutes later crossed it off, having achieved it. An immediate sensation of progress ensued.

I also reaquainted myself with git, as I find managing code in a structured way helps with my forward momentum, as well as ensuring that I occasionally create an offsite working copy of my development. It may also enable me to collaborate with others, if I can find anyone!

Finally, I used my favourite strategy for concentrating in an open office: music. My concentration music of choice is Glenn Gould's 1955 recording of The Goldberg Variations, followed by Brian Eno's Music for Airports. The Bach is particularly good for typing, as I think my fingers try to keep up with the music.