HabitShaper

HabitShaper frequenters will notice some big changes that took place recently, without much fanfare. We have hit the switch, and the HabitShaper web app is now live!

There is a great amount of work to be done, but we decided not to wait until it’s “finished” to release. The folk wisdom regarding software maturity is that “If you’re not embarrassed of your initial release, then you didn’t release early enough.”

Well, the main functionality is there, so we are not too embarrassed. You are able to create goals (integers only), and have your daily targets sent to you by email (and soon, by SMS!). You are able to view your targets in the long term, with both a calendar and a graph. And you can keep general notes about your goals.

We feel that this covers enough of the basics to be labelled “HabitShaper v1.0″.

But we see so much more on the horizon that to our eyes, the current release is only a seed.

One specific improvements coming soon: we seriously need to rewrite the “New Goal” form, since is  our stats tell us that very few of the people who sign up actually end up creating a goal. This is probably due to a confusing form, and to the app’s current lack of personality/character/humanity.

Please give us feedback.

All feedback, especially negative feedback, helps us in moving forward!