Hey everyone,
I'm very happy to share this mini-project I've been working on with some college friends.
I just graduated in May this year and I've found joining the workforce very exciting. But I thought the traditional approach to employee-boss relations could use a communications upgrade; this is the solution I came up with.
->> https://ladder-app.github.io/
I'm still trying to figure out what would be the most useful for people. What would you like to see? Please check it out and jot down some feedback and ideas - I'll do my best to implement quickly.
Love you all lots.
xoxo
Also, I don't see how you can charge for this, especially when tools like toggl, be limitless chrome extension, rescuetime, and wakatime are free, are more appropriate for what a manger would like to see, generate a dashboard that is constantly updated instead a static pdf report, have integrations with many other time-tracking/quantified self apps, and in the cases of be limitless, rescuetime and wakatime, track your time and computer usage automatically and, although yours is a work in progress, have a UI.
Here's what I'd like to see:
1) A dashboard instead of a pdf report that is updated in real time. My team typically works in sprints, so management typically wants to see what our progress is in weekly increments, not monthly. I like to examine my stats daily to see where I'm spending too much/not enough time so having up to date numbers is very important. One option is to integrate your app with Rescuetime since they provide their own dashboard. Also, having a real-time dashboard that you check daily allows you to discover any problems (spending too much time on one project, etc.) before your manager can find it.
2) I'd focus on one set of metrics first. I want to spend as little time as possible filling out the metrics relevant to my profession. When I track my projects using Toggl, I simply enter my current task, hit start and hit stop when I'm done. I don't want to spend any more time than that tracking as it becomes counter-productive and takes me out of my flow.
3) Tasks should be entered as you do them, not at the end of the day. Not only are you more likely to forget, you may be in such a rush to leave work that you simply do not fill it out.
4) Create a better landing/coming soon page, especially if you're putting it on Show HN. There's so many professional looking free templates out there and, to be blunt, this looks like you just discovered bootstrap yesterday. Include mockups as well so that I have some idea how the product functions and a clear list of features. I'm sure it'll look just fine in the end, but first impressions are important.