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Cranial Silicosis and Paths of Least Resistance
Thursday, July 16th, 2015
For those just tuning in, let’s review the Three Great Beeminder Epiphanies. The Yellow Brick Road — bringing long-term consequences near (and using the graphs as the basis for... »
Smoking Sticks and Carrots
Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
This is crossposted on Messy Matters. Let’s talk about science! Beehavioral science. A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week has been all over the news. It’s much better than... »
What To Mind: Picking a Metric
Saturday, September 13th, 2014
We use the word “goal” a lot but, ironically, we agree with Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) who argues that goals are for losers. He points out that the most... »
New Feature: Supporters
Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
Technically we deployed this feature over two months ago, but not very well so we didn’t have much fanfare. It was one of our »
Get Things Done (Or Else!) With Beeminder and GTBee
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
At its core, Beeminder is a tool for getting yourself to do things using money as an incentive. Most goals on Beeminder focus on making steady progress over time. But some goals, and some people, work better with a different model. Let’s say you have to call someone by the end of the day today, and... »
1000 Days of User-Visible Improvements
Thursday, November 21st, 2013
UPDATE: A revised and updated version of this article is now on Messy Matters. It’s amazing where one trivial user-visible improvement per day will eventually get you to. We’ve made 1000 user-visible improvements (UVIs) to »
Intrafamily Bets and the Genius of the Exponential Pledge Schedule
Monday, March 25th, 2013
My mom recently lost $5,000 to my brother in a commitment contract gone wild. That was started in part as an experiment early in Beeminder’s beta period before we’d thought of things like the exponential pledge schedule. Believe it or not, it was actually a pretty positive outcome: my mom gradually lost a tiny bit of... »
Pledge Short-Circuiting
Saturday, December 8th, 2012
Until now you haven’t had much choice about how much to pledge (put at risk) on your Beeminder commitment contracts. It starts out free, then $5, then each subsequent time you derail from your yellow brick road you’re encouraged (though not forced) to jump to the next pledge level for your next... »
Getting Back On The Wagon
Friday, May 25th, 2012
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... »