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I got the idea to http://timeblock.com http://timeblock.com without knowing it :) January 5th this year I did another adjustment to how we worked in my consult

I got the idea to http://timeblock.com http://timeblock.com without knowing it :) January 5th this year I did another adjustment to how we worked in my consultancy. Another bc. I have been trying all kind of stuff for many years, leaning on NetFlix, Valve software and many others who are trying to remove management, control and rules. After three weeks I noticed I had started to sleep better than I had since I started my business in 1998. I told my accountant about what I was doing now and he was very excited, this made me think that I better tell some more about this. The next company I told about the TimeBlock method switched to it within 36 hours, this made me realize that I was onto something. I then used a month to talk to potential users until I was sure that I had something. This something is TimeBlock.

vijayr 11y ago
Thank You for the answer. wow, that must be a nice feeling to solve their problems :) For someone who is just a programmer, how do I find such problems?
- andersthue 11y ago
  Your welcome, and yes it is nice and gratifying (and quite a bit scary) to have invented something that people start using after 45 minutes introduction. In the beginning I thought it had to be a fluke, so I tested it more and more, pushing then envelope and finally asking customers to pay for a beta product. They said "ok", which was even scarier, because now we had to deliver! I found the problem when I stopped looking for it - I have been reading the zenhabits "letting go" book many times (six at last count) and part of finding something worthwhile to work on was stopping to search for "the thing"(tm) and start looking at what was around me. When you stop forcing yourself to get an idea and start looking with an open mind and open eye you start noticing stuff that others do not, and perhaps you might even discover something that is right for you to spend some time on

vijayr 11y ago

Thank You for the answer. wow, that must be a nice feeling to solve their problems :) For someone who is just a programmer, how do I find such problems?

andersthue 11y ago
Your welcome, and yes it is nice and gratifying (and quite a bit scary) to have invented something that people start using after 45 minutes introduction. In the beginning I thought it had to be a fluke, so I tested it more and more, pushing then envelope and finally asking customers to pay for a beta product. They said "ok", which was even scarier, because now we had to deliver! I found the problem when I stopped looking for it - I have been reading the zenhabits "letting go" book many times (six at last count) and part of finding something worthwhile to work on was stopping to search for "the thing"(tm) and start looking at what was around me. When you stop forcing yourself to get an idea and start looking with an open mind and open eye you start noticing stuff that others do not, and perhaps you might even discover something that is right for you to spend some time on