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Re: Status Chart: Your Personal Status Dashboard

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Post by batista »

mechanical_fish wrote: post #37
kyro wrote: post #27

I got really excited after reading the submission title because I thought someone had finally created a service I've wanted for a while. This is great, but you should take it further! Here's the idea: I've wanted a personal dashboard to track everything in my life at a quick glance, like weight/health metrics, financials, to-do, schedule, emails, twitter replies, etc; something that'll give me a quick and comprehensi…

Yes, as I die I'll be able to look back on my life and see that I had everything properly organized into neat folders.

>Yes, as I die I'll be able to look back on my life and see that I had everything properly organized into neat folders.

Whereas you are mr. Joe Adventure, middle name "Unpredictable" now?

The same thing could be said for all "todo", "time management", "GTD", etc solutions. Why the snark for this particular idea, which sounds a lot more involved and useful than 90% of the GTD apps out there?

Actually reminds me of the "personal customized web portal pages" of old, which could be even more interesting in this day and age, showing latest tweets, mails, bank balance, upcoming events, RSS feeds you follow, etc, on top of basic stuff like todos etc.

Re: Status Chart: Your Personal Status Dashboard

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Post by icey »

kyro wrote: post #39
mechanical_fish wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, as I die I'll be able to look back on my life and see that I had everything properly organized into neat folders.

Not sure what the snark is for. Perhaps I didn't explain its usefulness that well. I may write a post about it because there seems to be some interest.

It sounds interesting to me. I'd like to hear more about what you're thinking. I love tracking data like this.

Re: Status Chart: Your Personal Status Dashboard

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Post by Sunlis »

incision wrote: post #30
UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #22

When I first looked at this I got excited: A way to track my OWN goals for my OWN records, and help me with my own personal development. When I found out it was another resume/CV/job board thing I just rolled my eyes and closed it. If I wanted that I would just use LinkedIn or Google+ (public) to talk about my bits and pieces.

I'm confused. Is this simply a vague way of saying that you were hoping for something you could run locally, not a hosted service? If not, I'm not sure what would stop you from doing exactly as you describe.

I think he meant that he would be more interested in using it as a general task tracker, rather than a CV add-on. Maybe a way to track any personal goals like weight-loss, excersize, personal projects, home renovation, etc. instead of just marketable things.

Re: Status Chart: Your Personal Status Dashboard

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Post by mgallivan »

mechanical_fish wrote: post #37
kyro wrote: post #27

I got really excited after reading the submission title because I thought someone had finally created a service I've wanted for a while. This is great, but you should take it further! Here's the idea: I've wanted a personal dashboard to track everything in my life at a quick glance, like weight/health metrics, financials, to-do, schedule, emails, twitter replies, etc; something that'll give me a quick and comprehensi…

Yes, as I die I'll be able to look back on my life and see that I had everything properly organized into neat folders.

This is coming from a person who probably hasn't seen a benefit from using services like Mint.com. Since I've started using it I have been drastically more aware of my finances.

The stuff that you are able to put into neat little folders _should_ go into neat little folders.

Re: Status Chart: Your Personal Status Dashboard

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Post by justindocanto »

mattwdelong wrote: post #5

This is pretty neat, but it's not something I would enter my CC details for and pay for each month. I would however drop a one time ~$25 fee and self host it on my own server, and maybe use it. At least this way, I will see it running on my server and periodically update it. I'm just one person of many, but when I see neat little apps like this I would always much rather pay for it outright than pay for it each month…

I sent you (OP) a note saying i'd join via a freemium model, but i like this too. I'd pay a flat fee upfront if basic updates were free.

Re: Status Chart: Your Personal Status Dashboard

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Post by eps »

thegooley wrote: post #19

Looks like it was heavily inspired by this (from ~2010): http://culturedcode.com/status/ And I really like the concept, but I believe that the value of a "status dashboard" is that it's a concise view of what's happening right now. I really don't think that this sort of concept is a good resume replacement it's not a good format for 20+ items. I'd suggest making it a status dashboard for what you're working on right…

I'm partial to visual design and I'm fairly certain CC's dashboard wasn't an inspiration here.

They share inverted palette and a grid layout, but other than that if you set out to design a "cool" looking and functional 2 column table, it'll end up looking as posted project. There are just too few convergence points for this sort of design pattern.

Re: Status Chart: Your Personal Status Dashboard

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Post by d_mland »

Awesome idea. I think it would be awesome if it had the additional ability of exporting my data into a form I could use to update other things like LinkedIn, my paper resume(.doc or .pdf?), and a website (html or even a widget type deal). I just had retyping and tracking. He's got the tracking down and if I was able to keep everything updated with it I would be willing to pay for it.

Re: Status Chart: Your Personal Status Dashboard

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Post by justindocanto »

thegooley wrote: post #19

Looks like it was heavily inspired by this (from ~2010): http://culturedcode.com/status/ And I really like the concept, but I believe that the value of a "status dashboard" is that it's a concise view of what's happening right now. I really don't think that this sort of concept is a good resume replacement it's not a good format for 20+ items. I'd suggest making it a status dashboard for what you're working on right…

OP, theres some things you should definitely consider in here. ^^
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