iDoneThis

Productivity

team progress tracking

SHOW HN2012

iDoneThis

iDoneThis+AwesomenessReminders, Get Work Done, Get Awesomeness

idonethis.com

#team status updates#daily standup#work log#employee recognition

28points
19comments
#761of 1,677 in 2012
Top 46%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

3 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.

Idea: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 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

  • Commenter has used it for 8 days and loves it.

    From 1 comment
    • Have been using idonethis for 8 days. Love it. Hands down, we need more slow web.
      niels_olson on HN
  • Fun product; the calls are an amusing touch.

    From 1 comment
    • Fun product, the calls are an amusing touch. I built something to scratch the same itch a few years back. It's open at https://github.com/kristjan/stars and deploys immediately…
      kristjan on HN
  • Idea of emotional reward at work is appealing.

    From 1 comment
    • Never underestimate the power emotional reward (as opposed to monetary reward). Great collaboration!
      danielhope on HN

Objections

  • Daily reward calls seem silly or patronising for employees.

    From 2 comments
    • Hate to be negative, but doing your job doesn't merit a trophy. Millenials already have a bad reputation for needing constant rewards.
      jwwest on HN
    • Yeah, let me join in here calling bullshit on this. If you need to put a service in place to remind you how "awesome" you are, you simply lack confidence. No service in the whole…
      skore on HN
  • Corporate wellness pricing seems too high for the value.

    From 1 comment
    • So this is the entreprise product you guys were talking about months ago? $6 per employee? I know wellness programs that charge less. This is something people can easily do on…
      AznHisoka on HN
  • Serious complaints about AwesomenessReminders creator's business conduct.

    From 2 comments
    • I'm going to be as clear as can be here -- AwesomenessReminders deservers absolutely ZERO positive press and I hope you're VERY careful in working with Zach Burt. He underpaid my…
      vlokshin on HN
    • +1 on this. Had a similar bad experience as a customer of Aw.Rem. After a few months of charging $10/month, Zach increased the price to $40 and cut the calls to my girlfriend…
      achille on HN

Alternatives named

  • Weekly status reports done manually.

    From 1 comment
    • So this is the entreprise product you guys were talking about months ago? $6 per employee? I know wellness programs that charge less. This is something people can easily do on…
      AznHisoka on HN
  • Stars, a self-hosted weekly recognition app.

    From 1 comment
    • Fun product, the calls are an amusing touch. I built something to scratch the same itch a few years back. It's open at https://github.com/kristjan/stars and deploys immediately…
      kristjan on HN

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