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I find the premise of using IM for time tracking (and hence time management) a flawed idea. For me, IM is generally a distraction and a timesink, which is why

by froo 17y ago

I find the premise of using IM for time tracking (and hence time management) a flawed idea. For me, IM is generally a distraction and a timesink, which is why I've opted to uninstall any IM clients and instead do all my interactions through mail, it saves time. I just don't see how this has any value but I'm willing to be proven wrong. You mentioned you lost your clients? How? (just curious)

fizz972 17y ago
I have also disabled all my IM accounts for the same rasons but I did open one new one where I have only non-human contacts. I use it for receiving alerts from different bots and some tests (My work involves a lot of XMPP stuff). My point is that IM only becomes a distraction and a timesink when you have human contacts (especially ones with too much free time).
- froo 17y ago
  That's the thing though, yours is an edge case. I see the value of utilising IM as a communication method for keeping an eye on things. However, I think that in the vast majority of cases, people will have people on their IM clients (which is why I said generally) and that is when things go pear shaped quickly. It just seems like the idea was poorly conceived Anyway, I don't mean to take too much of a jab at the OP. I have one of those ideas turned into products under my belt that turned out to be a complete wrong fit for what I was trying to achieve. I think its best to just move on.
dan_sim 17y ago
We find the premise of using the web for time tracking a flaw. IM is real time communication instead of ad hoc.
- froo 17y ago
  The thing is though, I don't think the market sees it like that, otherwise you wouldn't be sitting here trying to sell the source code and instead enjoying your millions of dollars. I've built something that I thought was brilliant, however when going through user testing it turned out the concept was flawed at its core. I still think the idea has heaps of potential, but it turns out that unless I am able to fundamentally change the way people behave, that eventually I'll still be wrong. I'm ok with being wrong, are you?

by froo 17y ago

fizz972 17y ago

I have also disabled all my IM accounts for the same rasons but I did open one new one where I have only non-human contacts. I use it for receiving alerts from different bots and some tests (My work involves a lot of XMPP stuff). My point is that IM only becomes a distraction and a timesink when you have human contacts (especially ones with too much free time).

froo 17y ago
That's the thing though, yours is an edge case. I see the value of utilising IM as a communication method for keeping an eye on things. However, I think that in the vast majority of cases, people will have people on their IM clients (which is why I said generally) and that is when things go pear shaped quickly. It just seems like the idea was poorly conceived Anyway, I don't mean to take too much of a jab at the OP. I have one of those ideas turned into products under my belt that turned out to be a complete wrong fit for what I was trying to achieve. I think its best to just move on.

dan_sim 17y ago

We find the premise of using the web for time tracking a flaw. IM is real time communication instead of ad hoc.

froo 17y ago
The thing is though, I don't think the market sees it like that, otherwise you wouldn't be sitting here trying to sell the source code and instead enjoying your millions of dollars. I've built something that I thought was brilliant, however when going through user testing it turned out the concept was flawed at its core. I still think the idea has heaps of potential, but it turns out that unless I am able to fundamentally change the way people behave, that eventually I'll still be wrong. I'm ok with being wrong, are you?