Very cool project. I think the front page should have a little more information on it though, in fact if http://flowdash.co/app/about was the front page that would be perfect.
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#12Great work. I think quantified self is one of those area that is under-looked. We put all this energy into BI (Business Intelligence) but we don't put much effort into making products to help people better understand themselves. I'm working on a similar project myself but I welcome innovation in the space.
I agree on QS vs BI, and I think it all comes down to monetization. I'm sure more QS apps will come, but I'll be worried about data use and privacy unless there's a very clear alternative business model.
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#13Awesome project. Currently I use org-mode for this but Flow Dashboard seems way prettier and user-friendly. It may not be flexible enough, but as it is open source I may be able to make it fit my needs.
Sadly I tried to log in with my gmail account and it just returns me to the Login page again.
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#14congratulations! it looks really slick and powerful.
I'm working on a simpler/cuter solution for habit tracking and quantification (http://willyoudidyou.com) but i think flow dashboard looks great for hackers and quantification enthusiasts that want total control and to create their own integrations.
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#15I'm very unahppy that I need to make a choice before seeing anything on the page.
And what does it offer beside what any other tracking software offers? I still don't know after reading the page. Looks like the same thing a thousand others have done before.
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#16I'm very unahppy that I need to make a choice before seeing anything on the page. And what does it offer beside what any other tracking software offers? I still don't know after reading the page. Looks like the same thing a thousand others have done before.
Curious, what do you want to see?
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#17I'm very unahppy that I need to make a choice before seeing anything on the page. And what does it offer beside what any other tracking software offers? I still don't know after reading the page. Looks like the same thing a thousand others have done before.
Curious, what do you want to see?
As someone as already mentioned - this: http://flowdash.co/app/about
Awesome app though. Good features and aesthetics
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#18Trivial suggestion, but in addition to adding the info and a video to the homepage, a big visual representation of the project as soon as the page loads would be awesome, and having a sign up option in addition to the login would be more clear, but great work!
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#19This started out as a learning project (objective: collect a bunch of my personal data, connect it with BigQuery, and play with regressions in TensorFlow), but I've found it useful in the last 2 months of usage to outsource memory for the purpose of tracking tasks, goals and projects, on multiple time scales. There are plenty of habit trackers out there, obviously, so this has really been an exercise in figuring out…
I've been toying with various projects in this area myself, so I'll definitely give it a look! Is there any chance you could make a video that shows how the app works? The screenshots look nice, but especially with an app that is 'always there' a video showing how it works in practice is important.
I agree with this --> even a demo app that requires no login or something and has fixed data. I don't have the time to get python app running, (yet) but I'd like to see more without blindly giving my oauth to any HN app that comes along.
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#20I like the looks of this, can I import all of my current time data somehow? I totally want to dig into the code when I have more time this summer because I've been wanting this exact tool. Thanks for posting this!