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Re: Show HN: OwnTime – a chess clock for your day's priorities

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torranx wrote: post #9

if I understand correctly, the time set are not extendable no? Preset color themes would be nice to have :)

Thank you for your interest. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by time set.

You can add as many priorities as you want.

You can do and track "over work" as well. It is displayed as negative budget, but not indicated in the chart.

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michael_luog wrote: post #7

I'm a little confused the you and me in “Alarms you when this budget runs out” and "Also cue me to wrap up time",

There are two types of notification: 1) When budget runs out (available time goes to zero), there is always an alarm, like for the typical system timer. 2) Optionally, you can enable a notification to nudge you slightly ealier, e.g. 10 minutes. This allows you to prepare to wrap up what you are doing so you can actually stop (e.g. in a "close the lid" sense) when time is up.

Re: Show HN: OwnTime – a chess clock for your day's priorities

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Post by fmos »

deanputney wrote: post #5

Very nice, I like your approach and design. Counting up would be preferred for me on some tasks. Sometimes the timesheet approach is needed, it'd be great if you could support both.

Could you explain your use case? When do you prefer counting up over counting down and why?

You could set up a priority with the minimum budget (15m) and log everything as "over work". Of course, that will lack visibility in the chart.

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Normal_gaussian wrote: post #4

This is a great (and tight) execution of a neat concept. I'm not in the garden of Apple so unfortunately I can't play with it, but the preview is thorough. I particularly like the voice integration. I sympathise with some of the time allocation issues you mention, particularly when it comes to important but not urgent things. Relatedly - I've struggled a lot in the last year with time tracking for fixed price project…

Thank you for your kind feedback!

Yes, I'd feel honored if the concept gained traction.

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cyrilng wrote: post #10

I hope you consider bringing this to Android.

Unfortunately, I have no such plans and no OwnTime for that ;)

I guess, if there is interest, it will be possible to use the website as a guidance for whoever or whatever may implement an Android version. I’d feel honored.

Re: Show HN: OwnTime – a chess clock for your day's priorities

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Post by fmos »

pimlottc wrote: post #2

I don’t understand what the timers labeled “still yours” mean in the sample images. Is that just a user label or some sort of special category for eg uncategorized time? I also don’t understand what the different colored parts of the ring represent.

Thank you for your questions!

"Still yours" shows the total time available over all priorities.

The different ring segments represent the time allocated (available=light and used=dark) of each priority in the color you assigned to that priorty.

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