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I wanted to try this, but it doesn't autofollow you so that kind of breaks the whole "send a DM to yfd" interface.
That's odd, it should autofollow. I've seen it go under heavy load before where the autofollow took several hours to complete.
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…
That sounds depressing... who you are summarized down to a status dashboard. I think the OP's idea is great and can go further. The distinction is between what I am doing/need to do and who I am.
What freaking standard is it to write dates as mm.dd? Not cool. In many countries it's the exact opposite or that is how you write TIME (ie. hh.mm instead of hh:mm).
> What freaking standard is it to write dates as mm.dd? American.
As someone who does hiring, this sort of thing is kind of neat, but mostly very annoying. I look at maybe a dozen resumes (there's someone else in front of me who looks at far more ), and having to figure out the bizarre format of yours is a waste of my time. I would guess that this applies similarly for people hiring contractors. The consistency of the boring resume format is a plus. If you want to distinguish yours…
But won't it work better in case one has just a couple of candidates to deal with. Pick 10 from 100 as per their regular boring format resume, then use these kind of detailed profiles to pick 3-4 to call in for an interview.
Chances are, if I like someone's resume, it's time to talk to them on the phone, not read a secondary resume that's in a weird format.
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Okay, sorry, let me spend some more time and give you an example. One big problem with a unified dashboard is that not everything in your life should be monitored on the same frequency. Here's one example: You probably need to check your email several times a day (if not, god bless you!) but checking your 401k balance several times a day is almost certainly harmful to your well-being. It probably doesn't make you hap…
So why can't your dashboard show different metrics each day? You can just configure the different widgets to show up at different frequencies. Perhaps your 401k widget only shows up the first time you log in each quarter. Your weight tracking widget only shows up Monday morning. Your banking and monthly budgeting widget shows up daily. Your Amazon order shipping widget shows up only when you have an open order. Your…
The point of a dashboard is that no navigation is required beyond turning your head and glancing. Dashboards are for things that you want to see by accident, or while waiting for a phone call. A widget that usually isn't there when you turn your head might as well not be on the dashboard at all. If you have to click to see it, it can be in a separate app or site. If you have to wait for a specific date and time to see it, it might just as well arrive in your mail, Twitter stream, or SMS.
Suggestion: "how much would you theoretically pay for this" won't give you much accurate information. I'd suggest changing it to "pre-register for one of our plans: free, $5, $25", with an overview of each, and see what people click.
Example here: http://www.quirky.com/products/327-The-Milkmaid-smart-milk-j... (though that product might be out of price survey mode by the time you click through)
What freaking standard is it to write dates as mm.dd? Not cool. In many countries it's the exact opposite or that is how you write TIME (ie. hh.mm instead of hh:mm).
> What freaking standard is it to write dates as mm.dd? American.
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> What freaking standard is it to write dates as mm.dd? American.
Isn't it MM/DD, not mm.dd in US? E.g. 8/23, not 8.23. My point is that it is more or less insane to start inventing new date format with zero regard to formats in other countries.
Eh, people will use anything, I've also seen 8-23. 8.23 certainly isn't a stretch.
> My point is that it is more or less insane to start inventing new date format with zero regard to formats in other countries.
You haven't been dealing with the U.S. much, have you? To be fair, most of the fun comes from their use of ancient standards rather than new ones, but they aren't exactly known for consulting with other countries. Then again, at 300 million people it's a little difficult to blame them.
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…