Comment by jtcchan | Hacker News Reader

Comment by jtcchan | Hacker News Reader

Hi HN, I'm John, the guy behind this.

I started this while looking for a way to help remote teams run stand up meetings but it turns out what stand ups offered wasn't easy to capture in an app.

Instead, it turns out it was much better to build something that helps people get a day-to-day view of their company and help individuals fight their distraction, be accountable and stay productive -- which is essentially what stand ups aims to do (among other things). To do this, I built a (well received) Chrome extension that helps you stay focused on your priority tasks - which automatically syncs your progress with your team: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dayboard-new-tab-p...

For those interested in the backstory, you can learn more about this from our feature on Lifehacker (http://lifehacker.com/dayboard-uses-chromes-new-tab-page-to-...) and ProductHunt (http://www.producthunt.com/posts/dayboard)

I'll be continuing development on this so expect to see new features and improvements.

Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback. Also happy to answer any questions!

I really like the sheer simplicity of this.

I started building something slightly similar (http://i.imgur.com/hzEJgvK.png) as I wanted a simple to-do list that I could access from anywhere and was completely idiot proof (drag drop tasks etc) unfortunately I never got past the PoC as I'm simply too busy but I will get back to it, It had promise and was a nice itch to scratch.

Nicely done :)

Thank you! Haha being too busy is a problem we all have ;)

btw, I like where you were going with your timer. I've had similar thoughts and was going to do something for the Chrome extension in the future. Stay tuned for that.

It was intended to be a very simple pomodoro timer with variable times as some tasks are better divided into different increments (it was also an excuse to write a jquery plugin which I'd not done before).

I will keep an eye out :).

Cool -- I personally don't use pomodoros but a lot of my users swear by them. I'll make sure I deliver!

I just looked up Dayboard's name to share with a friend. It's surprisingly nowhere to be seen on the page, which means you're doing your marketing right - from the ground roots.

I really appreciate this app even as a single user. I do not get the benefits of the network effect, but it's amazingly focused. Thank you for making the free portions of it - I'm more than happy to donate as well if you have a link.

Thanks man - really means a lot to hear that :)

Well, I'd like to support my free users without relying on donations. But you're not the first person to say this, so if all fails, it's good to know I have this an option!

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