thewojo

Unpopular opinion but here goes 1. UX is hopeless (menu on the right, post on the left? ) and different to be different (use common design patterns, don't re-invent the wheel to be different. User have expectations from other sites they use, don't violate them) 2. Onboarding unclear 3. Non-existent discoverability 4. Tons of different domains joinmastodon.org, mastodon.social, mstdn.social doesn't work nicely with password managers and difficult to remember which to go to login...

Sadly, it will enjoy a bump for a few weeks...and then float back into obscurity. In my eyes this is DOA in its current state.

I’m the opposite. I hate when people don’t use Calendly or the like. The back and forth is time consuming. I like the ability to choose a time and always receive a calendar invite (so I don’t have to create one).

Nice job. Cool idea.

Yeah it's so odd to me that Signal has such top tier engineers and they can't manage to get a presentable desktop app. It looks and feels like a boilerplate Electron chat app with no styling and subpar performance (oh but they have stickers :eyeroll:).

No JS on the website (so far)…nice.

Interesting. Been thinking about something like this. You mentioned other privacy preserving services; which products do you think are most in need of privacy preserving alternatives?

No doubt Naval is a smart guy but the cult of Naval has always struck me as weird/off putting

Yeah, I tend to agree. There seems like there'd be a ton of noise in clipboard content to actually make use of it.

They quietly should've hired a designer ;)

Hi all! I’m currently working on a product called Betty (http://trybetty.com) that allows users to schedule completely within email without the back and forth.

I recently opened up the product to a public beta and I’d love to get some feedback (good or bad).

Try it out here: http://www.trybetty.com

1. What do you think of the product? 2. What is the one feature would you like it to have?

Thanks in advance!

Good idea, but think this needs to be more visual. A couple images go a long way in terms of conveying technical concepts to a non-technical audience.

San Francisco, CA - CTO (Co-Founder) - Betty (yourbetty.com)

ABOUT BETTY

Scheduling is broken. It's a time-intensive, annoying, manual task that we have to deal with every day. No longer. Betty is coming. Betty is a personal scheduling assistant that completely transforms the process of scheduling a meeting for both organizer and participant.

ABOUT ME

I'm technically literate, design minded (UX/UI), and passionate about making and marketing awesome, intuitive products. I've worked in both product and marketing for Salesforce and a handful of other startups. I'm a mentor at a notable accelerator, already have investor interest, and have an extensively cataloged list of prospective customer feedback.

WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR

Looking for an ambitious technical cofounder who's easy to get along with, likes to dabble, codes in their sleep, and keeps up with the latest and greatest. I'm not looking to "hire" a cofounder; I'm seeking a full business partner to share a vision, so we can create an incredible product that customers want to rip out of our hands. Easy…right? ;)

RESPONSIBILITIES

  - Freedom: Define, architect, and build a web application from ground up how you want it
  - Scale: Grow an engineering team and define the culture
  - Iterate: Proactively improve product and respond to customer feedback

Bonus if you have experience in: Calendar integration, Browser Extensions, and Web Applications.

INTERESTED?

Salary and equity negotiable. If you're interested in revolutionizing the way that meeting scheduling gets done, I want to hear from you.

Send me a short note via email: jw [at] yourbetty.com

or

connect with me on Linkedin: http://linkd.in/16fGZtI

or

apply on Angelist: http://bit.ly/10Ns2fk