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Show HN: Timely – Scheduling and Time Tracking, Simultaneously

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Re: Show HN: Timely – Scheduling and Time Tracking, Simultaneously

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Post by bcasper »

lancewiggs wrote: post #20

Seems to overlap with, err, Timely, which has been around for a while now. I'll let them know (I'm an investor) http://www.gettimely.com

Not to mention the name and logo look a lot like these guys too: http://time.ly/ Doesn't anyone check these things first?

Re: Show HN: Timely – Scheduling and Time Tracking, Simultaneously

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Post by matmik »

acutelyobtuse wrote: post #12
matmik wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're almost there! The API is currently in beta: http://blog.timelyapp.com/post/86357933852/help-us-beta-test...

Awesome stuff! I did look and found some of your roadmap, but missed this. Can't wait to give it a go.

We're looking forward to having you test it! Email mathias@timelyapp.com, and I'll invite you to the beta if you want.

Re: Show HN: Timely – Scheduling and Time Tracking, Simultaneously

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Post by matmik »

leak wrote: post #19

This looks really great! Does this tool have any desktop apps for logging hours? I can't seem to find it on the website. This is the only must-have feature that's missing for me. Logging hours only from the website is not suitable for my workflow.

Thank you! We don't have a desktop app right now, but we want to get it done in the future. We are however working on some pretty cool integrations stuff with the web app and the native iPhone app, so stay tuned for that!

Re: Show HN: Timely – Scheduling and Time Tracking, Simultaneously

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Post by matmik »

hunvreus wrote: post #17

matmik, not sure you remember but we met in SF. I'm still amazed at the level of polish your product has. Lots of subtle animations and transitions. What tools did you use to produce the video?

I remember! Mr. France! :)

Really appreciate your comment, thanks a bunch! We put a lot of time into the polish, so glad to hear people take notice.

I screen recorded everything on a Retina Macbook Pro. iPhone simulator and just a regular chrome browser for the web app.

Then I add the clips into after effects and create the 3d movements with Element3D. I'll export all the clips from there and do the final edits in Final Cut Pro X. Hope that helps :)

Re: Show HN: Timely – Scheduling and Time Tracking, Simultaneously

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Post by scastillo »

matmik wrote: post #37
leak wrote: post #19

This looks really great! Does this tool have any desktop apps for logging hours? I can't seem to find it on the website. This is the only must-have feature that's missing for me. Logging hours only from the website is not suitable for my workflow.

Thank you! We don't have a desktop app right now, but we want to get it done in the future. We are however working on some pretty cool integrations stuff with the web app and the native iPhone app, so stay tuned for that!

Definitively +1 on the desktop app. And more that just bc that fits better on some workflows is bc the kind of features that a desktop app leave you to implement. Currently my team is using timedoctor, i hate its ui/ux but they have this feature: "track keyboard activity" that lone is not impressive but their desktop app using this feature after a configurable period of time can alert me to ask if im still working on the selected task and if i don't answer he fallback to a "time break" activity. That is great bc right now with timely i can forget about a timer and let it grow for ever and later will be hard to remember when did I really ended doing that.

Great ui/ux I'm on trial now.. and i love what you got... but w/o this feature my team will keep using ugly timedoctor, nothing personal btw ;)

Re: Show HN: Timely – Scheduling and Time Tracking, Simultaneously

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Post by chatmasta »

matmik wrote: post #26
lancewiggs wrote: post #20

Seems to overlap with, err, Timely, which has been around for a while now. I'll let them know (I'm an investor) http://www.gettimely.com

Actually, long story short, I launched a product called Timely long before gettimely.com. It has however been changed and restarted, and since ended up into this. I have already talked about this with the founder of your company ages ago :)

And he was okay with it? That seems surprising since your businesses are about as close in scope as you can get without actually overlapping. If I heard about Timely from a friend, and searched for a scheduling app called "timely" on the App Store or the internet, I would just assume the first one I landed on was the correct one. And if it was wrong, then I would see it doesn't do what I want, and leave.

Seems like the naming conflict could canmobalize sales for both of your companies. Why wouldn't you change the name? Especially if you knew so far ahead of time??

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