This is good stuff, let me know when the API rolls out because I think these kinds of apps are better when they are on a handheld device because you can do a lot more stuff when you can carry the reminders in your pocket wherever you go.
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Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept
#32I'm really enjoying the app the whole 5 minutes I've been using it. I'll use it for a week and see what kind of results I get.
For the record, I do realize that results will vary according to the type of person that uses the application. I'm a serial procrastinator, so maybe it'll be worth something for your Customer Development process.
Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept
#33For a simple webapp like this, please don't make me get a twitter account/sign in to use. Generate a unique URL for me to use, or hash my email address or something like that. Reduce friction, I want to be able to use this with 1 click.
Actually, I'd like to provide a counter view point because this is really how I view it: but I actually prefer it if you had the "login with FB or Twitter or Google" because to me, I absolute get annoyed by having to sign up for yet another service. Another username, email, password, to remember == annoying for me.
That isn't really so annoying though - use the same username you do everywhere else, use the same password (click supergenpass so it doesn't matter if the site gets hacked) and make your browser remember it.
Because there sure as shit isn't any way I will just give some random website my google account - they get a dummy email forward, just like everybody else.
Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept
#34My first feedback - I don't intent to give your my twitter account, so if you want me (or pretty much anybody) to review your site and you are dead set against using the standard create a user that works pretty well (because we now have ways around all the problems) use OpenID.
tldr; use openID, nobody is going to want to share their twitter account with the world.
Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept
#35Just signed up. I'm probably gonna try and use it for working out. :)
First thing I noticed was that there are only 3 "reminder times", but I'm sure that would change in the future.
And being able to set different "reminder times" to different things would be cool.
Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yep, needing to use Twitter account for login is a major minus. Maybe I am too old-fashioned, but if I click on Sign-In and it automatically logs me in, this is more of "WTF has just happened and where did it get my login credentials?" rather than "Ohhh, very cooooool, dude. Just saved 5 seconds and not needed to press 20 (twenty!!) keys. Awesome.".
This is actually refreshing to hear; I'm usually used to seeing the exact opposite - "what do you mean another account?!?". I wonder if adding an interstitial page with something to the effect of "you're signing up with Twitter FYI" would be a decent intermediary step.
Thats because those people haven't reduced the friction to create an account yet - I have it down to about 20 seconds and making the browser remember the password means it is actually faster from then on.
If you absolutely must, then use OpenId. It is was pretty much made for that (and it works with twitter, facebook, gmail, your mom, etc).
Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept
#37Question: What's the Seinfeld calendar?
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Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept
#39Question: What's the Seinfeld calendar?
It's a productivity method named after Jerry Seinfeld. I first heard about it from this lifehacker post: http://lifehacker.com/281626/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-se...
Basically you decide to do or practice something every day. If you forget or otherwise fail to keep up, you mark it in red on your calendar. Goal is to try to see how long you can go without a red mark. And get things done in the process.
Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept
#40feedback re: the reminder portion of the app - would be nice if: 1. i could get the notice as a tweet (DM) instead of an email. since you're using oauth, i'm betting you're facile w/the twitter api. 2. you offered a fuller range of hours for the reminder. the first task i added to streak.ly was, "cook breakfast", but 10am was the earliest reminder i could pick in the list, which is too late for me ;)
Re. 1: yup, I'd prefer that. A DM would pop up on my iphone via notifo, while email gets lost among other emails, and I check them once per hour only anyway.