RIP Mark Forster (1943-2025). We first met Mark (on the internet) in 2012, which is also when he started using Beeminder. Forster’s systems and insights have featured in many Beeminder blog posts over the years. But the best of all hasn’t appeared until now. Years ago we collaborated with Mark on a...

Announcement: You can now jump down as many pledge steps as you like without waiting a week between jumps. And pledges and pledge caps don’t have to be changed separately — the right things just happen, like if you push the pledge cap below the current pledge, that starts a one-week timer for both of...

A full 10 years ago we published a listicle, “16 Obscure Beeminder Features”. Number 15, we could say, surprised us. With its longevity and practicality. Since we don’t actually want to clickbait you, here it is: If you have over a week of safety buffer you’re immune to the akrasia horizon. Quick...

BoardGameGeek is an online community for board and card game geeks. They have reviews of every board game imaginable, from Your Favorite Niche Game, to Candy Land, to Cribbage, as well as community forums, the rules, etc. It’s kind of a forum meets a wiki meets blog. It’s a great resource for finding...

This is pretty obvious and, by definition, is what most people already do, but we’ve found the concept handle useful. When we notice one of our concept handles has stuck, it’s handy to have a blog post to link to that defines it. In this case, it’s a strategy for minimizing software headaches. Namely,...

Deadline snoozing in Beeminder refers to scooching your deadline later as it’s bearing down. Traditionally we’ve allowed any deadline changes until six hours before the deadline. But we’ve always hated that. It’s arbitrary and hard to remember. We have a whole essay railing against such things — the...

Previously: Call Them “Quals” and Against Pseudovernacular Jargon. One time I went to a doctor’s appointment with our son for some knee pain he was having. The doctor asked where the pain was, if it was “below the kneecap”. My son and I both tried to clarify the question: “do you mean below as in under...

I’ve been telling people in the forum about my work/life dashboard. I keep my Beeminder dashboard open in a dedicated browser throughout the day, and use it like a to-do list. At the start of the day I uncollapse all the goals I intend to work on that day. That will be all of the red goals, and often...

We’re excited to officially announce our newest autodata integration: Steam! Yes, the gaming platform. Do you buy too many games and then never get around to playing them? Do you spend too much time on that one game and have regrets? We have a solution for you. Spoiler alert: it’s Beeminder. It’s...