Hey there (wave)

[DavidAB]

Hello, Intenet Strangers Long time lurker and a first-time poster here.

Hopefully, I can get involved in the community by sharing my experiences as a technical founder for a few different businesses. Hit me up if you want some friendly advice about building something (with code, of course – I’m terrible with wood and bricks).

Here are some of the recent things I have worked on:

During lock-down (I’m in Melbourne .. gasp) – I’ve had a bit of spare time and some difficulty focusing on tasks and getting stuff done. So I founded ActionBuddy. With the use of Accountability Partners and Loss Aversion, I’m a lot more focused.

About 18 months ago I founded MindMyBag – A network of luggage storage locations that were ideal for people staying in an Airbnb or people who needed a more convenient location to keep their bags (rather than their hotel etc).

Anyhow, hope to get involved and hear more about what you are all working.

Cheers!

[Rowan@quaotic]

Welcome. I hope to read more of your contributions in discussions

[MrtMrT]

Welcome David, love the MindMyBag business idea.. how is it going?

[DavidAB]

Thanks for the warm welcome Rowan@quaotic.

Hi MrtMrT, Thanks for the feedback! It was going well until COVID-19 put a sharp stop on travel. I’m hopeful that travel will pick up soon and we can all enjoy going on holidays sometime soon

[businesstrade]

DavidAB, post: 271065, member: 119248 wrote:

Hello, Intenet Strangers Long time lurker and a first-time poster here.

Welcome. Cool ideas you have there.

Is action buddy kind of like Asana – an organisation tool to help manage tasks?

[DavidAB]

Hi BusinessTrade,

Thanks for your feedback.

ActionBuddy is for task / goal setting. You can use it for fitness, business, your 9-5, or something else. Essentially you set the goals/tasks for the week and you make a commitment to get them done. The idea is to improve focus and reduce procrastination.

For example, my tasks this week:

– Onboard 3 new luggage storage locations for mindmybag.
– Write 3 blogs and publish them
– Set up the affiliate program for action buddy

If I don’t get it all done, I will donate $20 to an evil politician (guess who?? haha).

Hope that makes sense.

[businesstrade]

DavidAB, post: 271083, member: 119248 wrote:

Hi BusinessTrade,

Thanks for your feedback.

ActionBuddy is for task / goal setting. You can use it for fitness, business, your 9-5, or something else. Essentially you set the goals/tasks for the week and you make a commitment to get them done. The idea is to improve focus and reduce procrastination.

For example, my tasks this week:

– Onboard 3 new luggage storage locations for mindmybag.
– Write 3 blogs and publish them
– Set up the affiliate program for action buddy

If I don’t get it all done, I will donate $20 to an evil politician (guess who?? haha).

Hope that makes sense.

Thanks for clarifying. I suppose it’s kind of like a software version of the electric workout band -https://http://www.ebuyer.com/blog/2014/10/the-shocking-workout-band/

(Using negative reinforcement to condition one to procrastinate less)

Hopefully it does well!

[DavidAB]

BusinessTrade, post: 271085, member: 113709 wrote:

Thanks for clarifying. I suppose it’s kind of like a software version of the electric workout band -https://http://www.ebuyer.com/blog/2014/10/the-shocking-workout-band/
(Using negative reinforcement to condition one to procrastinate less)
Hopefully it does well!

Yeah, a similar concept. Some people work better with rewards and other people (like me) work better with penalities.

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