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

by brett • 19 years ago

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brett13• 19 years ago

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

byrneseyeview• 19 years ago

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)?

brett13• 19 years ago

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.

jsjenkins168• 19 years ago

Thanks for doing this! I actually printed out calendars and have been making X's but this is so much cooler...

palish2• 19 years ago

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!

brett13• 19 years ago

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

palish2• 19 years ago

http://www.cha1n.com

dlimeb• 19 years ago

Me too, and I had to rush mine out the door also :)

http://www.habitstarter.com/

adamdoupe• 19 years ago

Pretty nifty, I must have missed the initial post. Now I have something to motivate me to workout daily. And something to haunt me when I consider marking my alcohol intake (in this case, you don't want to start a chain).

paulgb2• 19 years ago

I like the iGoogle widget, this is something I could actually use.

brett13• 19 years ago

At first I just tried to use the site itself as my homepage. I missed iGoogle.

paulgb2• 19 years ago

Actually, that's not a bad idea. I don't use iGoogle as a homepage anyway, I found that too distracting so I switched to something less boring (it backfired, now I am in the habit of opening iGoogle as soon as I open the new browser window anyway), but making this a homepage would remind me without distracting me.

joshwa• 19 years ago

Ah, datablogging. I did something similar back when I was jobhunting, to track how many resumes went out (and how many responses received):

http://joshwand.com/php/jobsearch2.php

mattjaynes• 19 years ago

LOVE the simplicity! Great job! And extra kudos for the iGoogle widget!

samson• 19 years ago

This is quite nice, i like the look that it has on iGoogle.

P.S does anyone have a link to info on creating widgets for igoogle.

brett13• 19 years ago

http://www.google.com/apis/gadgets/

djonesx3• 19 years ago

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.

djonesx3• 19 years ago

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!

brett13• 19 years ago

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

bootload5• 19 years ago

".. 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

brett13• 19 years ago

Nice. Thanks. Should be fixed now.

I kept thinking that I should disable being able to toggle days after today because it did not provide any utility. It could have helped out in this case.

bootload5• 19 years ago

"... Nice. Thanks. Should be fixed now. ..."

Thanks brett, checked it, works.

"... I kept thinking that I should disable being able to toggle days after today because it did not provide any utility ..."

so I shouldn't have been able to click the days after today? Oh also found another PIA which is going to require a bit of a login detail. I'm Aus and close to the date line. Today, now is 2007AUG241154 meaning I'm working yesterday.

Any chance of making the default time format GMT, UTC ? Should allow everyone to be on the same page OR you'll have to (probably have to anyway) modify users time by selecting location then adjusting the date-time to the user location.

eusman• 19 years ago

interesting! but one detail: the advice talks about a chain created by X. So, it should look like XXXXX but in the app it's red boxes not connected...

euccastro3• 19 years ago

I like the red boxes better. Big chunks of those are easier to recognize as a block.

Alex3917• 19 years ago

I like it. I added it as a link in my Firefox bookmarks bar. Definitely needs to support multiple chains though. Instead of multiple tabs, I think it would be best just to have a column of color blocks with the name of the chain on the right hand side of the page. Then when you clicked on a color that chain would be displayed.

brett13• 19 years ago

I think you're on to something. nickb's comment about iCal had me thinking along the same lines.

henning• 19 years ago

after you've read the lifehacker post for this, the app is completely self-explanatory just by looking at the interface and clicking a few days.

i'm impressed, and i'm a jaded snob who is totally cynical about web 2.0 crap.

abrown• 19 years ago

I like it. One nitpick is that when you go to the login page the cursor does not default to the login field. This is kind of expected behavior.

Anyway, pretty useful little app. Thanks!

Edit: Feature added, rock on.

brett13• 19 years ago

Thanks. Should be fixed.

puneetht• 19 years ago

how about allowing me to track more than one project (i.e chain). Nice work.

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

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