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Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept

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Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept

#11

Post by thesethings »

heya Kyle,

This is great. Just signed up. I am familiar with the Seinfeld calendar. (Though not because I've seen it on the show, but it was explained to me in some other geek GTD blog/system/something.)

I have an idea for a visual aid that might appear in two places on your site for folks who might not know the basic idea behind the Seinfeld calendar, and for those who do know it, but might want to an incentive on their Streakly page:

A visual of a calendar week with a streak (or 2, or 3) through it.

This would appear on the front page, and in another form, on an individual's Streakly page.

I realize you probably already something similar to this already sketched out (along with many other features). So as you were, take your time!

I respect the MVP process :D

Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept

#12

Post by anonymous236 »

kylebragger wrote: post #7
il wrote: post #6

For 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.

Very good point. I've got plans to add "use it now, sign up later" stuff in, it's just not made it into production yet.

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.".

Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept

#13

Post by kylebragger »

thesethings wrote: post #11

heya Kyle, This is great. Just signed up. I am familiar with the Seinfeld calendar. (Though not because I've seen it on the show, but it was explained to me in some other geek GTD blog/system/something.) I have an idea for a visual aid that might appear in two places on your site for folks who might not know the basic idea behind the Seinfeld calendar, and for those who do know it, but might want to an incentive on t…

Glad to hear it!

There are indeed plans for a more visual display of your completed days. The cool thing is that it's built in such a way that gives us a ton of cool data to play with. Just a matter of displaying it well.

Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept

#14

Post by kylebragger »

anonymous236 wrote: post #12
kylebragger wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very good point. I've got plans to add "use it now, sign up later" stuff in, it's just not made it into production yet.

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.

Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept

#15

Post by zalzally »

kylebragger wrote: post #14
anonymous236 wrote: post #12

Earlier 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.

Good idea, Kyle. I don't mind Twitter or Facebook OAuth logins for non-sensitive consumer apps (sensitive = apps dealing with financial info, dating sites, health, etc.). Just tell me upfront that you're using the service, and I'll be happy that I don't need to create a new account.

Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept

#17

Post by kylebragger »

jm3 wrote: post #16

nice idea. i'm sure you know about http://www.freshapps.com/streaks/ already. wonder if there's an integration point, there, where you could leverage their app with your data.

yea, I really dig what they're doing but wanted something web-based. Streak.ly's got an API coming soon; would be awesome to integrate somehow.

Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept

#18

Post by lfborjas »

This app looks rad, I've been using [calendar about nothing](http://calendaraboutnothing.com/) for my opensource hacking needs and the seinfeld calendar way of being motivated definitely works for me, I saw some of the teasers on forrst and am eager to give it a try; keep up the awesomeness!

Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept

#19

Post by kylebragger »

zalzally wrote: post #15
kylebragger wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Good idea, Kyle. I don't mind Twitter or Facebook OAuth logins for non-sensitive consumer apps (sensitive = apps dealing with financial info, dating sites, health, etc.). Just tell me upfront that you're using the service, and I'll be happy that I don't need to create a new account.

Great point. I'm going to make it a top priority.

Re: Show HN: Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept

#20

Post by kylebragger »

lfborjas wrote: post #18

This app looks rad, I've been using [calendar about nothing]( http://calendaraboutnothing.com/ ) for my opensource hacking needs and the seinfeld calendar way of being motivated definitely works for me, I saw some of the teasers on forrst and am eager to give it a try; keep up the awesomeness!

Thanks so much :) Looking forward to hearing your feedback.
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