It's time to reinvent the calendar
Hi, Indie Hackers community! ๐
Do you use calendars to plan your daily routines? Your meetings, blocks of time to work, and events with your friends and family? And does the classic calendar help you organize your life or do you struggle with its ineffectiveness like me and dozens of other professionals I've talked to in recent years? ๐๏ธ๐ฉ
Once I started using a calendar to plan my daily tasks and personal life, I brought more order to an otherwise random and chaotic system I had been using before. However, the more I used the calendar to plan, the more I realized that the classical calendar doesnโt really serve my needs. ๐ค๐คท
I started to explore other options, but they all led back to the same old calendar format we've been using since the first PDAs from the 1980s. I couldn't find a good reason why it should be this way, and if it truly reflects how we, as human beings, experience time. I realized that the calendars we use daily are outdated, ineffective, and poorly designed from a UX perspective. ๐ฐ๏ธ๐
With my skills in UX and design, I embarked on a mission to create the ultimate planning toolโa tool that genuinely meets the needs of the 21st century. A tool that helps us achieve true work-life balance. I started asking questions, not just to myself but also to others. What do we like and dislike about our current calendars? Where are their weaknesses? Why aren't they helping us more effectively? I engaged in numerous conversations, seeking insights... ๐จ๏ธ๐ก
Three years of research, study, and experimenting with different variants led to a new way of representing time and planning daily life. And it worked! More effectively than a classic calendar. It led to the creation of my own time Guardian, an app that you can try too: Kyugo*! ๐๐
Excited? You should be! ๐คฉ
Kyugo operates on three levels to maximize your daily time and energy for work and personal life:
1๏ธโฃ Meetings,
2๏ธโฃ Time for work,
3๏ธโฃ Your life (your free time). ๐๐
How? Kyugo syncs with my family and friends' schedules, ensuring a seamless blend of life, work, and meetings in my schedule. It identifies available time blocks for specific tasks and schedules them in my calendar. If I need 2 hours for a task, I simply tell Kyugo, and it seamlessly incorporates it into my schedule. This frees me from constantly checking my calendar for availabilityโKyugo does it for me. ๐๐ค
Wouldn't it be amazing to reschedule all your tasks with a simple tap? Imagine waking up feeling unwell or facing an urgent situation demanding your attention. In such cases, a single tap allows me to mark the day as unavailable. Kyugo swiftly shifts my work blocks to the following days, identifying open slots in my calendar to reschedule my tasks. No manual intervention needed, saving me a considerable amount of time and avoiding the headache of rearranging it all manually. ๐๐
But what about meetings? If there are scheduled meetings on a day when I don't feel well and need to reschedule, Kyugo automatically cancels them. It sends automatic emails to all participants, offering my apologies and providing a link to my calendar. They can conveniently pick an alternative date and time for our meeting. ๐ ๐
Hence, I fondly call the Kyugo app my Personal Guardian. It efficiently eliminates scheduling conflicts, automates tasks, and allows others to choose new meeting times based on my availability. ๐ค๐ค
This represents just one facet of the โTurn Day Offโ feature. You can also proactively plan these days, say, to enjoy an extended weekend with your family. Mark a specific day in your calendar, and Kyugo will avoid scheduling any work blocks or meetings. ๐ ๐
Not only does the app facilitate day-wide rescheduling with a single tap, but you can also effortlessly reschedule individual events. A tap on โRescheduleโ prompts Kyugo to pinpoint the first available time block in line with your calendar commitments. ๐๐
And that's why Kyugo is your true pocket-sized personal assistant. Rescheduling becomes nearly effortless, leaving you with less to worry about. ๐ฑ๐ค
Kyugo runs on your existing Google Calendar, so no need to create a new calendar. Just connect your Google Account. ๐๐ฎ
Key features:
โข Guarded meeting & work schedule
โข Protected time for your life
โข Revolutionary auto-planning for events
โข Bulk actions for No meetings & Turn day off
โข Wellbeing features
โข Public availability calendar
Your support on Product Hunt will be highly appreciated...
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/kyugo
- Kyugo comes from Japanese โKyลซgoโ, meaning a relief, or an aid.
