Archive for May, 2012

Getting Back On The Wagon

Friday, May 25th, 2012
Getting Back On The Wagon

This is a guest post by Philip Hellyer who can walk on water and outrun bullets, with the help of Beeminder. He eloquently describes what we think is currently the single biggest pain point (though there are many) with Beeminder right now — how to keep from procrastinating indefinitely on... »

Beeminder: Round Tuit Dispenser

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Beeminder: Round Tuit Dispenser

If it's important to you to [exercise / practice an instrument / eat better / you name it] but you find that you never get around to it (a 'round tuit', get it?), well, we have an app for that. Think of Beeminder as your Round Tuit dispenser.... »

Innocentive $10k Challenge: Increasing People’s Ability to Start and Stay on Task

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Innocentive $10k Challenge: Increasing People’s Ability to Start and Stay on Task

I recently won $1000 (sharing a $10k prize) for the following essay on how to solve what people in healthcare call the adherence problem, which costs the healthcare system "billions of dollars in unnecessary hospitalizations and nursing home and rehab costs". My prize-winning essay in its entirety follows. (I gave the actual money to... »