This is awesome!
I can't really use it though, since I often schedule "heads-down" sessions for myself (ironically because of meeting overload). I hope a future version allows me to add a text filter rule of some kind to exclude them.
Show HN: Meeting Stats – Show your boss how much of your life is in meetings
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#12This is awesome! I can't really use it though, since I often schedule "heads-down" sessions for myself (ironically because of meeting overload). I hope a future version allows me to add a text filter rule of some kind to exclude them.
This is something we've heard from a lot of people, and we account for it. Meetings that only include yourself aren't counted in the stats.
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#13This is cool, but no way am I granting access to a years worth of calendar.
I like how they describe their usage and that they auto remove access. But even if I believe them, there are many errors that would expose hundreds of email, contact info, and docs.
I wish they had a scrubber utility I run and can remove unnecessary data. They should not need pii for their stats.
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#14OP here, happy to answer your questions! Most importantly: We take privacy very seriously, none of your calendar data is stored, just tabulated, and as soon as we finish we remove the token so we can't access anything in the future. The ONLY thing we store is the tabulation and your email address (which is not made public) tied to that tabulation.
If you really care about our privacy that much, please configure the GDPR popup in a way[0] that let your EU visitors to say that they are not allowing third party usage of their personal data.
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#15OP here, happy to answer your questions! Most importantly: We take privacy very seriously, none of your calendar data is stored, just tabulated, and as soon as we finish we remove the token so we can't access anything in the future. The ONLY thing we store is the tabulation and your email address (which is not made public) tied to that tabulation.
Can you add an ability for me to upload a calendar file that I scrub out everything I don’t want you to have temporary access to?
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#16Even with the promise that they'll delete the data after, it doesn't seem like a reasonable value exchange.
I would assume that meta-data and derived data is still going to be preserved. This looks like it's lead-gen for a future service they are building.
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#17OP here, happy to answer your questions! Most importantly: We take privacy very seriously, none of your calendar data is stored, just tabulated, and as soon as we finish we remove the token so we can't access anything in the future. The ONLY thing we store is the tabulation and your email address (which is not made public) tied to that tabulation.
If you really care about our privacy that much, please configure the GDPR popup in a way[0] that let your EU visitors to say that they are not allowing third party usage of their personal data. [0] https://www.leonpaternoster.com/posts/techradar-gdpr/
OP here, ya that shouldn't be. We used a GDPR service called ShareThis.com and I will check that as we do not share that with any 3rd party.
[Update] - We are only doing 1st party consent so I will email their support to find out what the heck is going on with it showing that.
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#18This is cool, but no way am I granting access to a years worth of calendar. I like how they describe their usage and that they auto remove access. But even if I believe them, there are many errors that would expose hundreds of email, contact info, and docs. I wish they had a scrubber utility I run and can remove unnecessary data. They should not need pii for their stats.
I made a similar tool. It just uses user input data. It gives you a good snapshot of the cost of a meeting, but doesn't go as deep as OP's tool. https://www.resumebeacon.com/planning-to-plan.php
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#19OP here, happy to answer your questions! Most importantly: We take privacy very seriously, none of your calendar data is stored, just tabulated, and as soon as we finish we remove the token so we can't access anything in the future. The ONLY thing we store is the tabulation and your email address (which is not made public) tied to that tabulation.
Do you have a team working full time on the security of your service? Taking privacy seriously is necessary, but not sufficient for protecting that most sensitive data.
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#20I like this a lot.
A similar thing which I'm interested in tracking is the impact of meetings on flow state. I wonder if it would be helpful to have a more nuanced way for "makers" to protect their flow state time than having to block out their calendar for hours / days at a time. I envisage a system where a meeting booker is able to make the decision - "Is the meeting important enough to curtail or split this person's flow state?".