This is my first submission to hn, so be gentle with me. The app still has alot of work to do (eg: send email on registration), but I figure that I shouldn't wait anymore.
The interface could use some work. I don't want to have to press back every time I add a new question. It was unclear to me whether I should be creating multiple "questionaires" or adding new questions to one questionnaire. Is questionnaire the right word for this? Those are just my 30-second reactions.
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#12I'm a busy person, I dont want to be filling in forms all the time keep this information upto date. I know this is hard problem to solve. I mean - show else would this work?
Makes me think of this post a few weeks ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3188635 (Dont give your users shit work).
Re: Show HN: Routinetap, my weekend project to track daily habits
#13Great idea, great project. :-)
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#15I'd love to see an android app, not with question-editing support but just to let me answer my questions when I'm on the road / in bed / otherwise not at my computer. The lower the barrier, the more often I will succeed at answering the questions for the day. Great idea, great project. :-)
Of course, you already know that, I'm just expressing my opinion on it to add another data point to your feedback.
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#16Is there a way to remind me everyday to fill out my questionare? A daily email will probably work.
Not yet, I have thought about this but I wasn't sure if I would be nagging people. Maybe a opt-in would be the best choice.
At least for me, I will just forget about if it's not reminding me. Please give us a daily email opt-in.
Re: Show HN: Routinetap, my weekend project to track daily habits
#17This is my first submission to hn, so be gentle with me. The app still has alot of work to do (eg: send email on registration), but I figure that I shouldn't wait anymore.
Other people will create apps for those whose use cases don't fit your app.
I know it's hard to understand your target market. I've been looking for something like this for a while, so I'm excited and more than willing to give you further feedback. Feel free to email me at my gmail account -> username is tryitnowhn
Re: Show HN: Routinetap, my weekend project to track daily habits
#18This is my first submission to hn, so be gentle with me. The app still has alot of work to do (eg: send email on registration), but I figure that I shouldn't wait anymore.
I'm not keen on the flow of creating & editing questionnaires, though; would prefer having the whole process be done within the same screen instead of jumping to a new page. This is especially the case when mobile.
It's unclear if not being able to have multiple questionnaires active simultaneously is by design or a bug, but in my mind it's essential. There are a few things I could stand to be reminded of needing to do routinely during the day (i.e. take a 5-minute stretch break from coding every hour), some other tasks where I'd like to track how long I'm doing them over time (how much sleep, how long the workout was, etc.) plus a ton of possibilities I'm not even thinking of but would likely find really useful.
You might want to consider adding some scoring, rewards and achievements to the mix as well; it might make the journey of reaching your goals a little more fun.
I'd like a checkbox-based multiple choice questionnaire in addition to the radio button-based one you currently have. You'd have to complete all of the tasks for the questionnaire to be considered complete. Partially completed questionnaires provide lower scores than fully completed ones.
Also, the ability to add this as a channel to if-this-then-that (http://http://ifttt.com/) could turn out to be really powerful. Since this is yet another calendar in my life I would like to find a way to fit it into the one that rules them all. Not sure what that means, really, other than I have multiple calendars that I've taken the time to sync together, so this should as well, somehow. ;) Perhaps there's a way to take a recurring event that I've created on my calendar that Routinetap could trap and automatically turn into a questionnaire.
Lastly, Maybe I want to tell my social circle that I've reached some milestone or completed a goal; ifttt could provide that without you having to do much work at all (i.e. send an SMS or email to me when the milestone or goal is reached; on ifttt I could set up a trigger that blasts my achievement to my social networks, or something else entirely). If you're not familiar with ifttt, you should check it out. It's awesome.
Again, a very nice start. I think you're wise to get this out there as a MVP; I can envision this turning into a very useful product/service.
Feel free to ping me here on HN for more discussion. ♒ Cheers.
Re: Show HN: Routinetap, my weekend project to track daily habits
#19On http://routinetap.com/answers_list I expect to see all four of my questions.
I want to spend as little time on this app as possible.
Re: Show HN: Routinetap, my weekend project to track daily habits
#20I like the idea, and think it would be even better if you made things simpler for the user. The point of this kind of app would be to get daily input, but the user is their own worst enemy by not entering it every day. So, a nag would make it much better.
Also, your use of Twitter Bootstrap is nice, but I saw that on the Sign Up form you had the "@" prepended before e-mail. I think that is meant for when there is a form to enter a twitter handle.
See here for what I mean: http://cl.ly/2Z3Q1N112x2a3W0C0K3x