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Remember that Lifehacker post about Seinfeld's productivity secret? I made a small site based on it.

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Re: Remember that Lifehacker post about Seinfeld's productivity secret? I made a small site based on it.

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Post by brett »

byrneseyeview wrote: post #8
brett wrote: post #2

The post: http://lifehacker.com/software/motivation/jerry-seinfelds-pr... I tried a paper calendar on my wall for a few days after I read that. Then I decided this was a good chance to do something in python which I've been looking to learn. Looks like palish is working on something based on the same post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45374

Nice. Feature request: could you offer more than one chain? Chains that aren't daily (e.g. if you're in sales, it wouldn't make much sense to expect the same quota for Wednesday as for Sunday)?

Yeah. I've been thinking about how to best add more than one chain since I started. My main concern is making sure that at any time you can single click on a day with an unambiguous result (viz. it toggles color). So far I'm thinking some sort of tabbish view where you only see one chain at a time.

Adding non daily chains is something to think about.

Re: Remember that Lifehacker post about Seinfeld's productivity secret? I made a small site based on it.

#13

Post by brett »

palish wrote: post #4

Oh snap. You sneaky sneaky. We might just have to launch tonight instead of tomorrow. Well played! I really like how you've kept it drop-dead simple. Our site offers a little more social-wise, so I'm sure there will be plenty of people who prefer your application. Great design!

Thanks. And thanks for inspiring me to get it out. I look forward to seeing what you are working on.

Re: Remember that Lifehacker post about Seinfeld's productivity secret? I made a small site based on it.

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Post by djonesx »

That's awesome! Wow.

I have a new home/start page in my browser, and I NEVER normally use a start page!

Please keep it as simple as it is now! Its beautiful! If you must add new features, please hide them away so as not to clutter it.

Re: Remember that Lifehacker post about Seinfeld's productivity secret? I made a small site based on it.

#17

Post by nickb »

brett wrote: post #12
byrneseyeview wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice. Feature request: could you offer more than one chain? Chains that aren't daily (e.g. if you're in sales, it wouldn't make much sense to expect the same quota for Wednesday as for Sunday)?

Yeah. I've been thinking about how to best add more than one chain since I started. My main concern is making sure that at any time you can single click on a day with an unambiguous result (viz. it toggles color). So far I'm thinking some sort of tabbish view where you only see one chain at a time. Adding non daily chains is something to think about.

I've been using Apple iCal for chains!

Implement it like Apple's iCal. Have a menu at the right side where you can display, hide, pick color, add new chains etc. (chain is equivalent to subscribing to a new calendar in iCal). Can't beat the iCal usability.

Re: Remember that Lifehacker post about Seinfeld's productivity secret? I made a small site based on it.

#18

Post by brett »

djonesx wrote: post #16

Although it does need a user timezone setting. It thinks its Thursday, when its actually Friday here in Australia! Threw me for a moment there!

Definitely. I knew I was going to get a comment on that.

Re: Remember that Lifehacker post about Seinfeld's productivity secret? I made a small site based on it.

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Post by bootload »

".. 500 - Error Opps broke the chain Whoops. Looks like something actually did get broken. ..."

Damn... I broke it. Nice error message though ~ http://flickr.com/photos/bootload/1218317738/

 - created user account
 - logged in 
 - clicked on 2 successive days after today
 - they went red
 - clicked 'last 4 weeks'
 - barfed
 - now 500 on every login

Re: Remember that Lifehacker post about Seinfeld's productivity secret? I made a small site based on it.

#20

Post by djonesx »

brett wrote: post #12
byrneseyeview wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice. Feature request: could you offer more than one chain? Chains that aren't daily (e.g. if you're in sales, it wouldn't make much sense to expect the same quota for Wednesday as for Sunday)?

Yeah. I've been thinking about how to best add more than one chain since I started. My main concern is making sure that at any time you can single click on a day with an unambiguous result (viz. it toggles color). So far I'm thinking some sort of tabbish view where you only see one chain at a time. Adding non daily chains is something to think about.

Multiple chains concept sounds cool. In the shower this morning I thought of a dozen "chains" I want to start!
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