Streak.ly
Productivity
habit tracker
SHOW HN2010
Streak.ly
Streak.ly tracks what you do daily and I'd love feedback on the concept
news.ycombinator.com54points
48comments
#34of 370 in 2010
Top 10%of 2010 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
9 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Design: 4 for, 5 againstIdea: 2 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple, clean design and the idea of completing tasks daily
From 3 comments
I really do like the idea of positively "completing" a task every day. Outliers-wise 10,000 hours is a lot, the sooner I get started the better. The only thing I'd add, besides…
sacrilicious on HNheya Kyle, This is great. Just signed up. I am familiar with the Seinfeld calendar. (Though not because I've seen it on the show, but it was explained to me in some other geek…
thesethings on HNThis app looks rad, I've been using [calendar about nothing](http://calendaraboutnothing.com/) for my opensource hacking needs and the seinfeld calendar way of being motivated…
lfborjas on HN
Objections
Requiring Twitter login is a barrier for users without accounts
From 3 comments
For a simple webapp like this, please don't make me get a twitter account/sign in to use. Generate a unique URL for me to use, or hash my email address or something like that.…
il on HN> "i can't be bothered to log in to give you feedback because i don't like your login" Eh? I wanted to try this product out, but I don't have a Twitter account. In fact, I…
GeneralMaximus on HNMy first feedback - I don't intent to give your my twitter account, so if you want me (or pretty much anybody) to review your site and you are dead set against using the standard…
tomjen3 on HN
Limited features for now
From 1 comment
nice looking but pretty limited for the moment. Honestly think most people who use tools like this will be looking for simplicity in their lives...and so convincing them to add…
zeedotme on HN
Page reloads on add/delete are slow
From 1 comment
There shouldn't be a need for the page to postback when adding/deleting/completing items. A necessity for a site like this is for it to be faster and more convenient than…
aik on HN
Requests
Support OpenID or other login options
From 3 comments
For a simple webapp like this, please don't make me get a twitter account/sign in to use. Generate a unique URL for me to use, or hash my email address or something like that.…
il on HNMy first feedback - I don't intent to give your my twitter account, so if you want me (or pretty much anybody) to review your site and you are dead set against using the standard…
tomjen3 on HNI really do like the idea of positively "completing" a task every day. Outliers-wise 10,000 hours is a lot, the sooner I get started the better. The only thing I'd add, besides…
sacrilicious on HN
Wider range of reminder times
From 2 comments
feedback re: the reminder portion of the app - would be nice if: 1. i could get the notice as a tweet (DM) instead of an email. since you're using oauth, i'm betting you're…
jm3 on HNJust signed up. I'm probably gonna try and use it for working out. :) First thing I noticed was that there are only 3 "reminder times", but I'm sure that would change in the…
john2x on HN
Reminders via Twitter DM or SMS
From 2 comments
feedback re: the reminder portion of the app - would be nice if: 1. i could get the notice as a tweet (DM) instead of an email. since you're using oauth, i'm betting you're…
jm3 on HNRe. 1: yup, I'd prefer that. A DM would pop up on my iphone via notifo, while email gets lost among other emails, and I check them once per hour only anyway.
grk on HN
Let users try before signing up
From 2 comments
For a simple webapp like this, please don't make me get a twitter account/sign in to use. Generate a unique URL for me to use, or hash my email address or something like that.…
il on HNI think the suggestion was to not require a form of authentication (email or twitter) first. Instead, let the potential user "test drive" the app and then when they are a little…
michaelbuckbee on HN
Questions
What is the Seinfeld calendar?
From 1 comment
Question: What's the Seinfeld calendar?
kloncks on HN
What's your edge over similar apps?
From 1 comment
Check out Joe's Goals. http://www.joesgoals.com/ What's your edge?
whimsy on HN
Alternatives named
Fresh Apps Streaks
From 1 comment
nice idea. i'm sure you know about http://www.freshapps.com/streaks/ already. wonder if there's an integration point, there, where you could leverage their app with your data.
jm3 on HN
Joe's Goals
From 1 comment
Check out Joe's Goals. http://www.joesgoals.com/ What's your edge?
whimsy on HN
HabitMix
From 1 comment
Great idea. A similar inspiration to Jason at www.HabitMix.com I think.
samh on HN
Calendar About Nothing
From 1 comment
This app looks rad, I've been using [calendar about nothing](http://calendaraboutnothing.com/) for my opensource hacking needs and the seinfeld calendar way of being motivated…
lfborjas on HN