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Re: Show HN: A Mood Tracker on the Web

#11

Post by mettamage » Fri, Aug 02, 2019, 6:23 AM UTC

While I think this is an amazing idea. However, I have one issue with it that has been echoed here in the comments. I'm way too paranoid for other people to have my data on this as it is quite personal.

Therefore, I have looked for a system for which data entry is relatively easy. I currently track my mood through a local [0] TiddlyWiki [1] combined with Noteself [2].

I have been doing it for a 6 weeks now and it seems to work fine and have learned a thing or two about myself that I otherwise wouldn't have.

[0] I store it locally and back it up.

[1] https://tiddlywiki.com/

[2] https://noteself.github.io/

Re: Show HN: A Mood Tracker on the Web

#12

Post by quickthrower2 » Fri, Aug 02, 2019, 8:40 AM UTC

soneca wrote: post #4

quickthrower2 wrote: post #3

My main concern with this is having this sensitive information just sitting there plaintext in some DB. I'd avoid putting personal stuff like this on the web at all.

Valid concern. I thought a little bit about this, but the only solution would be an e2e encryption (where the same person is both ends actually). And in this situation, you risk losing all your data if you forget your password. There is a solution that you can think with no such trade-off?

I guess if the user accepts this risk they can opt to do it or go for unencrypted otherwise.

Saving on Dropbox etc (can be done from client) might be a middle road if one trusts them more.

Re: Show HN: A Mood Tracker on the Web

#13

Post by mcemilg » Fri, Aug 02, 2019, 9:04 AM UTC

arman_ashrafian wrote: post #5

soneca wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Valid concern. I thought a little bit about this, but the only solution would be an e2e encryption (where the same person is both ends actually). And in this situation, you risk losing all your data if you forget your password. There is a solution that you can think with no such trade-off?

Create a file format for the data and connect to the user's Google Drive or Dropbox.

That's an awesome idea for this kind of applications. Does anybody know a sample app using this feature?

Re: Show HN: A Mood Tracker on the Web

#14

Post by Ghexor » Fri, Aug 02, 2019, 9:47 AM UTC

mcemilg wrote: post #13

arman_ashrafian wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Create a file format for the data and connect to the user's Google Drive or Dropbox.

That's an awesome idea for this kind of applications. Does anybody know a sample app using this feature?

https://stackedit.io/

Its open source too, I think.

Re: Show HN: A Mood Tracker on the Web

#15

Post by askvictor » Fri, Aug 02, 2019, 10:06 AM UTC

soneca wrote: post #4

quickthrower2 wrote: post #3

My main concern with this is having this sensitive information just sitting there plaintext in some DB. I'd avoid putting personal stuff like this on the web at all.

Valid concern. I thought a little bit about this, but the only solution would be an e2e encryption (where the same person is both ends actually). And in this situation, you risk losing all your data if you forget your password. There is a solution that you can think with no such trade-off?

Or a local app with the data stored locally. Or even a web based app, but with the data stored in browser storage.

Re: Show HN: A Mood Tracker on the Web

#16

Post by yungbeto » Fri, Aug 02, 2019, 1:39 PM UTC

Nice work. There are a lot of benefits to daily mood tracking like this and I think you have an opportunity to go further in how you allow a user to track their feelings beyond 'good' or 'bad.' Yale's Center for Emotional Intelligence is a great resource for this kind of stuff - http://ei.yale.edu/mood-meter-app/

keep it up!

Re: Show HN: A Mood Tracker on the Web

#17

Post by jazzyjackson » Fri, Aug 02, 2019, 1:48 PM UTC

soneca wrote: post #4

quickthrower2 wrote: post #3

My main concern with this is having this sensitive information just sitting there plaintext in some DB. I'd avoid putting personal stuff like this on the web at all.

Valid concern. I thought a little bit about this, but the only solution would be an e2e encryption (where the same person is both ends actually). And in this situation, you risk losing all your data if you forget your password. There is a solution that you can think with no such trade-off?

Just make it a part of the default UX flow to print out a paper key -- like the paper wallets that consist of a dozen random key words that let you back into your account.

Re: Show HN: A Mood Tracker on the Web

#18

Post by mromanuk » Fri, Aug 02, 2019, 3:21 PM UTC

mettamage wrote: post #11

While I think this is an amazing idea. However, I have one issue with it that has been echoed here in the comments. I'm way too paranoid for other people to have my data on this as it is quite personal. Therefore, I have looked for a system for which data entry is relatively easy. I currently track my mood through a local [0] TiddlyWiki [1] combined with Noteself [2]. I have been doing it for a 6 weeks now and it see…

As user/tech guy I’m sympathetic with being paranoid, but we know that paranoid and tech people is a really tiny subset of population. Advice: don’t design for the paranoid, except is your target market

Re: Show HN: A Mood Tracker on the Web

#19

Post by mettamage » Fri, Aug 02, 2019, 5:56 PM UTC

mromanuk wrote: post #18

mettamage wrote: post #11

While I think this is an amazing idea. However, I have one issue with it that has been echoed here in the comments. I'm way too paranoid for other people to have my data on this as it is quite personal. Therefore, I have looked for a system for which data entry is relatively easy. I currently track my mood through a local [0] TiddlyWiki [1] combined with Noteself [2]. I have been doing it for a 6 weeks now and it see…

As user/tech guy I’m sympathetic with being paranoid, but we know that paranoid and tech people is a really tiny subset of population. Advice: don’t design for the paranoid, except is your target market

Which is why I am sharing my workflow with HN. I didn’t build anything. TiddlyWiki exists for 10+ years and it is basically one HTML file.

Re: Show HN: A Mood Tracker on the Web

#20

Post by Geeflow » Sat, Aug 03, 2019, 4:07 AM UTC

soneca wrote: post #9

TranquilMarmot wrote: post #7

Pretty neat; reminds me of the Daylio app which I've been using daily for over a year. I do like the app because it has reminder notifications, which I suppose is something you could monetize. Really the smart thing to do would be to also release an app that uses the same data store. If you want to make it really awesome, write some tools for analysis i.e. charts, word clouds, etc. that people can look at over time.

The reminder notifications and tools for analysis are definitely in my mind. These two features are must haves for an app like this. I will probably go more through a PWA route; I am the sole developer on this and I don't think I can maintain two native apps (at least not until it is a solid, profitable product). Another features I am considering applying are voice recordings and sharing with close friends. Do you ha…

You can use the same codebase to service mobile platforms with something like Cordova. It still needs some effort but gives you access to the app stores, which can be huge acquisition channels.