Show HN: A better way to timeblock your day

Thanks! We are excited to have it out in the world, and I've really loved using it myself. I never did timeblocking/timeboxing effectively before, but it really has changed how productive and focused I am each day.

Re: Show HN: A better way to timeblock your day

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Post by mattcrail » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:05 PM UTC

mlejva wrote: post #3

What has worked for you to make timeblocking actually effective?

For me it was about making it simple and always present. Before I would have to copy and paste things into Google calendar from my project management tool or task manager, and then I would constantly be switching back and forth between the two tools.

Now, all my tasks from my project managers are in Taskable, as is my calendar. I don't have to switch between the two, and I can do all my daily planning in one place.

So now that its quick and easy to do the timeblocking/timeboxing, I find myself staying on top of it more, and also readjusting how I spend my time throughout the day.

I wrote a blog post on my new productivity routine with timeblocking if helpful: https://taskablehq.com/blog/productivity-system-2021

Re: Show HN: A better way to timeblock your day

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Post by gandalfff » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:22 PM UTC

I've been looking for a tool to reduce the friction of timeblocking. I find that my estimate for how long things take is often wildly incorrect.

Does this tool address those scenarios?

I will give Taskable a try this week.

Congrats!

Re: Show HN: A better way to timeblock your day

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Post by mattcrail » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:28 PM UTC

gandalfff wrote: post #6

I've been looking for a tool to reduce the friction of timeblocking. I find that my estimate for how long things take is often wildly incorrect. Does this tool address those scenarios? I will give Taskable a try this week. Congrats!

Awesome - excited to hear your feedback.

We do indeed reduce friction through the integrations, bringing your calendar together with tasks from project management tools like Jira, Shorcut, Trello, GitHub, Asana, Slack, and even email.

In terms of helping you do better estimation - we aren't addressing that directly yet with this first version. However, we do have plans to build in better insights/analytics that will help you better understand where your time is being spent, and how accurate you are with your estimations (time allotted versus time spent). We'd even love to build a feature that learns and begins to suggest expected time for certain tasks.

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Post by smhenderson » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:34 PM UTC

Looks like it could be helpful but after spending over two minutes looking for pricing and not finding it I'll never know.

I refuse to even try a product that won't be upfront about pricing. Don't 1) tell me I can get two months free, 2) offer to let me take a test drive or 3) ask for my email address before you've given me a chance to review your standard price model.

I'm sure in the long run I am missing out on some really cool things but I started noticing this trend of hiding pricing to force engagement years ago and I have gotten to a point where I simply refuse to play along.

Happy to hear I'm wrong and there is an obvious "Check out our prices!" link that I just completely missed...

Re: Show HN: A better way to timeblock your day

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Post by jeremyis » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:41 PM UTC

Can’t you accomplish this by just making calendar events? What am I missing?

Re: Show HN: A better way to timeblock your day

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Post by mattcrail » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:41 PM UTC

smhenderson wrote: post #8

Looks like it could be helpful but after spending over two minutes looking for pricing and not finding it I'll never know. I refuse to even try a product that won't be upfront about pricing. Don't 1) tell me I can get two months free, 2) offer to let me take a test drive or 3) ask for my email address before you've given me a chance to review your standard price model. I'm sure in the long run I am missing out on som…

Hey thanks for the feedback. We are certainly not trying to hide the pricing - as it happens we created a new landing page specifically for this new feature and I forgot to put the pricing on it (I'll do that now).

Our pricing currently has a free tier where you don't get any of the premium integrations, or a $5 tier where you do. However, we are changing it to a flat $10 per month pricing plan next week so you can get a bit of a deal for the next 6 months if you sign up now.