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Re: Show HN: Thoughts on Digital Sticky Notes

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SonOfLilit wrote: post #11
dmingod666 wrote: post #9

That's a different take on task management apps, using directed graphs for tasks looks like a cool concept tbh. Traditional project management implies this type of a graph relationship(task depends on/critical path). UI on phone (android) breaks or is unusable -- will probably have a look at it on desktop later. Wasn't able to zoom-in/out on the graph, should probably add the feature if it isn't there already. All th…

On desktop you can zoom by scrolling the mouse.

Yeah only supporting desktop atm. Thanks for taking a look!

Re: Show HN: Thoughts on Digital Sticky Notes

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Post by Gigachad »

waste_monk wrote: post #19

Other posters have already demolished the original post so I will refrain from commenting on it directly, but I will say the following: The main value I get from paper sticky notes is that I stick them to my monitor, and they become a blatant physical reminder to attend whatever is written on the note. And if you ignore things for too long you eventually start losing screen real estate. Digital sticky notes are usele…

I think digital sticky notes have a use but it isn’t for reminders. At work we use Miro and the sticky notes for group planning. It’s very effective to have everyone sticking ideas in to a board and being able to arrange them.

But I agree with everything you said. I moved away from check boxes in a notes app where everything had its own page and now I use a physical note book where everything is time sequential rather than sorted in to topics.

Now I never forget anything as it’s all on one page sitting on my desk always.

Re: Show HN: Thoughts on Digital Sticky Notes

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waste_monk wrote: post #19

Other posters have already demolished the original post so I will refrain from commenting on it directly, but I will say the following: The main value I get from paper sticky notes is that I stick them to my monitor, and they become a blatant physical reminder to attend whatever is written on the note. And if you ignore things for too long you eventually start losing screen real estate. Digital sticky notes are usele…

Thanks for taking the time to write this out waste_monk. I also use physical notes because theyre in the physical and cant avoid them. We're looking to give users a tool that anchors them to a goal rather than simply saying "lets do this now and hope it leads me in the right direction."

Re: Show HN: Thoughts on Digital Sticky Notes

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Post by Lechonk »

I played with it for a while, I believe it could improve its user experience. The first button of the hammer to the left doesn't work. It is not clear what each icon from the left means. I did found the documentation, but it would be nice to have it more at hand, its hidden. Also couldn't draw links between the boxes, I was lazy but couldn't figure it out intuitively. I would add some buttons to the boxes to draw links between them, like Miro does. Just some observations, found it interesting though. I am curious about the stack you used to build it.

Re: Show HN: Thoughts on Digital Sticky Notes

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al_borland wrote: post #17

Landing page just shows a thumbnail sized image of a mind map, which doesn't seem like anything new. The idea of aligning your to do items to larger goal is also not new... OKRs, MBOs, RPM, V2MOM, etc all do this. I don't see enough here to make me want to sign up for something to kick the tires. What makes this unique? More feedback... The first big key point on the landing page is to "visualize your projects" and t…

Thanks al_borland. Appreciate you writing out your honest feedback.

The landing page could use a lot of updates - completely agree. We're drawing that up now.

I've used OKRs and RPMs. The way Ive used them is within slides which are pretty static. I have yet to find a great way to visualize them and make them more effective / part of the process.

Retaining knowledge: Its hard to piece together project plans, kan bans, statuses to understand how past team members accomplished a project (mission). The goal of this is to retain those steps, steps that become more efficient over time, in a branching structure.

I love the comment about putting mission at the top to stick with our products vision. Thanks for recommending that.

Video is on its way! Stay tuned.

Thanks again - cheers!

Re: Show HN: Thoughts on Digital Sticky Notes

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Post by sangupta »

First impression:

- Site took 19 seconds for DOMContentLoad - 55 seconds for Finish on a 600Mbps connection - 1.7MB of javascript for a landing page - Non-refundable billing at start of month/year - Twigflo does not warrant that the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components. Seriously?

Sorry, but there is no way I will sign-in, added the site to my blocked hosts.

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