It’s week Three of 52 Weeks of Done, and I’m hoping to use what I’ve been doing with the project in a new way, something I hadn’t exactly anticipated.
I started 52WoD in order to knock off a bunch of things I have in various states of completion. It was perhaps naive of me to think I wouldn’t come up with something new to do while I was working on all those projects. But I had an idea last week that I thought was a pretty good one. And rather than adding it to a queue and letting my brain think about it for a while, I’ve decided to attack it now. The idea is to determine, this week, if it’s a viable thing to pursue or not. If it’s a good idea, I’ll pull the trigger. If not, I’ll put it down for good. This might not seem like it’s all that ground breaking, but usually I chew on things more before doing something like this. So it’s a departure for me to jump out publicly with something at this stage.
Thing : Playground Supervisor Dispatches – Launch It or Kill It
Type : Writing / Collaboration
Size : Scattered and Smothered
Description : Playground Supervisor Dispatches is an idea I had for pulling together a compilation of writings on a specific subject from a number of different sources. I thought it was a neat idea, but I can’t say if it’s viable or not until I put it out there to see if it floats.
S.Q.U.I.D. Test : This Thing will not be Done until it is Launched or Killed:
To Launch It, I need to:
- Write a post detailing the project and calling for statements of intent;
- Receive 24 statements of intent from prospective contributors;
- Provide details for how the project will be brought to fruition;
To Kill It, any one of the criteria will be sufficient:
- Failure to receive 24 statements of intent;
- Failure to setting on details for a project plan;
- Determination that the project budget is unworkable;
- Determination, after a week of discussion with no less than 5 advisors, that the project is ill-advised
I acknowledge that some of the above criteria do not meet the S.Q.U.I.D. test as I outlined it in last week’s wrapup post – specifically, some of these criteria have third-party dependencies. But this Thing cannot be Done without these third-party dependencies. So there it is.
I realize that this post is pretty scant on details and specifics for the project. Never fear – those details will come in a later post, after they’ve been fleshed out.


















