Sure! Email your users too - since I'm one of them I'll get the email. :)
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One key thing I was hoping for was a consistent resync with source material particularly google docs. Looks like I'll have to download then upload to your app whenever they change.
Is that right? Auto syncing in the plan?
What jumped out at you as needing immediate attention?
We need to do a far better job of addressing the psychology of self-improvement, one of the most important aspects being how to deal with the inevitable "falling off the wagon".
As you describe well, a naive approach to productivity tends to work at first, but then, as soon as you disengage for a time, they actively work _against_ re-engagement.
I think there is a lot to be figured out in this area.
One other related point is that although an app can't "solve the problem of self-discipline" it _can_ reduce the amount of energy required to "do the right thing" (e.g. by providing a easy to follow system). Since willpower requires energy which is a limited resource, this leaves more of it to apply towards continuing to work towards a goal instead of figuring out how to configure a goal achievement system.
https://www.habitstack.com/ is geared towards this. You enter your goals for the year and chunk them down to the quarter, month, and week. Then the software prompts you to stay engaged with the system.
As Scott Adams wrote, "Losers have goals, winners have systems." :)
I'm the founder. Happy to dialogue about the future of productivity and goal setting any time!
Why limit the licenses by developer though? By domain makes more sense to me.
Instead of storing stuff locally, in Google Docs, in email, etc., Orbs becomes a handy place to store almost any kind of textual information.
Is that a deal breaker for you?