My biggest issue with other apps is that I would create an industry of creating plans or todos. I would have massive backlogs and then never look at any of the tasks for months or even years. I spent more time planning than doing.
Using EasyLists, I create lists like 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Shopping tomorrow' or 'Now' and use them in a short time frame and _delete_ the list completely.. the same as I would if I was using a pen and paper.
Other points to note if anyone wants to use it:
* No signup or accounts
* It saves locally against your local storage
* It has no tracking or analytics
* It currently has one known bug that I will get around to fixing eventually - it doesn't affect functionality.
I'm very interested in this space too. I want to start a project that explores different ways to communicate on the web. The current state of Facebook and Twitter are not the best way in my opinion.
It's basically an experimental communication platform. Right now I am building Internet forum style communication but I want to expand to other communication mechanisms later.
I've signed up! This is pretty great for people like me who don't even have potential co-founders to talk to in real life.
I am technical and I am looking for another _technical_ co-founder. Is this pairing unusual? The most talked about pairing seems to be non-technical and technical.
> It's worth saying that it was really hard coming back and starting work again.
This is indeed a worry of mine, though I think if I'm actually fixed, I'll be jumping to at least write code and work on software projects. I've always been very driven, and was trying to start a software business at 13. I don't think that aspect of me will ever go away, even if I'm super depressed.
> I took 8 months and traveled the world. It was great (but expensive!).
Where did you go and what did you do? I grew up relatively poor, and combined with my social anxiety, I have never really gone anywhere (I don't know what I would do when I get there). I don't even have my passport and have never left the US.
Even though I enjoy traveling I would say it is not for everyone. It gets romanticized online because it's easy to share great pictures. The reality is that loads of effort goes into those great pictures.
My girlfriend put a serious effort into organizing the trip (we traveled together) and I don't think I would/could have done it without her. I went to lots of different countries including India, New Zealand, Cambodia, South Africa, Namibia, Bosnia, Turkey, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia. Some places I stayed for weeks, others just days. Some places we did group tours (https://www.gadventures.com and other similar companies) and other places we stayed in hotels/hostels/camped. You can learn about history and culture and you can enjoy yourself drinking, eating and meeting people. Each place is different.
I used to fall asleep thinking about the next cool app or website I could build.
Now I think "is another reddit/tiktok/silly app/game reeeallly worth doing when all big apps are a trade off for other things like privacy etc" - I feel I talk myself out of things before trying them.
I hope it is repeated lockdowns and covid life in general right now that has destroyed my optimism and not intellectual maturity.
I find decentralized alternatives to popular sites like Instagram, Facebook etc confusing. It may be due to my misunderstanding:
If I choose not to host a node and choose to use another provider.. am I not putting the same trust in that node as I do with Facebook? The host is responsible data leaks, poor security, ads, bad ethics, etc.
In theory with perfect hosts, this works. In reality, some hosts will be bad.
I like working on products I am passionate about. It doesn't take away from the technical challenges but gives them reason. I think recruiters might fear people (even experts) might phone it in if they don't have that passion.
