SublimeDash

Productivity

personal dashboard

SHOW HN2013

68points
35comments
#369of 1,739 in 2013
Top 22%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.

Idea: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good idea, the concept is brilliant

    From 2 comments
    • Brilliant! I could never get started implementing a similar idea, so I'm glad to see someone else did it.
      ratsimihah on HN
    • This is really neat. If you make it open source and add some customization options it will be great.
      justhw on HN
  • Looks beautiful

    From 1 comment
    • Here's how it helps my productivity: About every hour I take a break to stop working and check many different sites - google news, the weather, adsense earnings, and stocks. I…
      bashevis on HN

Objections

  • A dashboard full of widgets adds clutter and doesn't help productivity

    From 1 comment
    • We all know that multi-monitor is a good idea particularly if you need reference material to copy/paste/refer to/from. However, I have had to downsize my monitor collection on a…
      Theodores on HN
  • Existing tools like Dashing and Geckoboard already offer many modules

    From 1 comment
    • Just an FYI that Dashing - http://shopify.github.io/dashing/ (Open Source) and http://www.geckoboard.com/ (Paid) already have tons of modules available if you're looking to get…
      bijanv on HN

Requests

  • Google Calendar, Twitter and Facebook modules

    From 1 comment
    • UPDATE: As per popular request, SublimeDash has been open sourced on GitHub - https://github.com/broizen/sublimedash I'll write up a short guide on how to add a new module as…
      bashevis on HN
  • Google search bar

    From 1 comment
  • AWS integration and more customization

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks! Didn't know there were other Bruins on HN! If SublimeDash had AWS integration and possibly more customization, would you consider switching (especially because it's free)?
      bashevis on HN
  • Bug fixes: Notes panel dragging and resize moving AdSense panel

    From 2 comments
    • Bug report (can't find a bug tracker anywhere): The "Notes" panel can't be moved with click and drag. Chrome 30.0.1599.66 on 64bit (Arch) Linux.
      sn6uv on HN
    • Also, resizing the "Notes panel" also moves the Adsense panel for some reason?
      willchilcutt on HN

Questions

  • Is it open source and what was it built with?

    From 1 comment
    • is it open source? what did you use to build it?
      xcubic on HN
  • What is an external monitor?

    From 1 comment
    • What exactly is an external monitor? Is a laptop monitor "internal"? Or are we talking about "monitors" in a different sense, like listeners hooking into various application APIs?
      nsxwolf on HN

Alternatives named

  • Dashing

    From 1 comment
    • Just an FYI that Dashing - http://shopify.github.io/dashing/ (Open Source) and http://www.geckoboard.com/ (Paid) already have tons of modules available if you're looking to get…
      bijanv on HN
  • Geckoboard

    From 2 comments
    • Just an FYI that Dashing - http://shopify.github.io/dashing/ (Open Source) and http://www.geckoboard.com/ (Paid) already have tons of modules available if you're looking to get…
      bijanv on HN
    • Does anyone use http://www.geckoboard.com/ for this type of thing, out of interest?
      tshadwell on HN
  • Ducksboard

    From 1 comment
    • Just an FYI that Dashing - http://shopify.github.io/dashing/ (Open Source) and http://www.geckoboard.com/ (Paid) already have tons of modules available if you're looking to get…
      bijanv on HN

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