DaVinci ToDo List Link

This post at NPR is interesting on so many different levels. It’s about Leonardo da Vinci’s todo list. It has left me a sense of being normal. Here’s a few thoughts I had during and after reading this.

    <li>Many Todo's are to learn something new from an expert</li>
    
    <li>Text <em>and</em> doodles are always better than just one alone</li>
    
    <li>He didn't segregate subjects. He just kept a list of how he wanted to get better or things to make</li>
    
    <li>Amazingly, he was successful without strict adherence to GTD<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" rel="footnote">1</a></sup></li>
    
    <li>Given enough time and research money a standardized test can be created to measure creativity<sup id="fnref:2"><a href="#fn:2" rel="footnote">2</a></sup></li>
    

By way of Kottke


    <li id="fn:1">Sorry. I'm not a fan of strict adherence to productivity suggestions. I guess I'm trolling a bit. I get it. He was Leonardo da Vinci <a href="#fnref:1" rev="footnote">↩</a></li>
    
    <li id="fn:2">I am also not a fan of standardized tests nor schools of thought that they are valuable or meaningful. <a href="#fnref:2" rev="footnote">↩</a></li>