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by joelrunyon 1280 days ago
I spent way too much time in the calendaring space.

> Makes scheduling collaborative instead of a nuisance.

This is not a strong opinion (sorry Derrick, I love you)

Every calendar/scheduler thinks they do this. Most are just variations of calendly (which no one loves, but does it's job).

Calendars (imo) need to stop getting enamored with scheduling and more enamored with helping people use their time wisely.

Stronger opinion: scheduling sucks - do less of it.

Stronger opinion: you should schedule your calendar exactly this way (https://www.nirandfar.com/schedule-maker/)

Stronger opinion: a full calendar doesn't make you productive. Making sure you've scheduled the things that matter to you first before you let any other events is, is the only thing that matter.

Tying the way someone calendars to a specific workflow is what matters. You saw Superhuman do this with "inbox zero." They convinced you that inbox zero means you're productive. It's the wrong metric IMO, but that's how they built out their fan base.

If someone is trying to get a calendar off the ground, they should just hire Nir as an advisor, make his workflow the default calendaring experience and start from there. That would do worlds of work for differentiating in this space where everyone largely does the same minor improvements in different colorways.