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It’s now been ten years since the publication of Gollwitzer et al’s paper about, as the internet interpreted it, keeping your goals to yourself. I think I’ve heard variants of “did you hear that science shows that you’re... »
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Redqueening, Inbox Zero, Backlogs, and Fluid Dynamics
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019
If you’re a fan of Mark Forster (as we certainly are) then this whole post amounts to giving a name — “redqueening” — to step 2 of his »
Add Datapoints From the Notifications Bar (Even While Your Phone Is Locked!)
Friday, August 23rd, 2019
We’re delighted to have a guest post today by Thomas Kahn (who we were also fortunate enough to meet last month at the Frankfurt Beeminder meetup). Thomas is trained as a lawyer... »
Startups Not Eating Each Other Like Cannibalistic Dogs
Saturday, May 18th, 2019
Huge thanks to Malcolm Ocean, Christina Willner, and »
Quantified Self Talk: Tracking My Personal Reliability
Friday, April 12th, 2019
On 2018-09-22 I gave a talk at the Quantified Self conference. This is that talk. You can also see an actual recording of it. I got a lot of encouragement afterwards... »
Accountability Partners and Soft Accountability
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019
Malcolm Ocean has been on both sides of the accountability relationship. Among the many roles he’s played is professional accountability provider: initially as Beeminder’s beekeeper, and now also independently with people who use his... »
The Fifty Goals of Brent Yorgey
Tuesday, May 29th, 2018
We called Brent Yorgey’s previous guest post an absolute inspiration, but we misspoke. That post was highly pragmatic advice that everyone should read. It’s this post that’s the pure inspiration. We hope it gives you new ideas for things to beemind! In my... »
How To Use Beeminder Without Ever (Hardly Ever) Leaving Emacs
Friday, May 11th, 2018
We’re honored to have Marcin Borkowski guest blogging for us today. Dr. Borkowski is a professor and programmer in Poland, and a hardcore Beeminder user for four years now with 39 active goals. This post is highly nerdcentric but... »
Beeminding And All That Jazz
Wednesday, April 25th, 2018
Special guest post by Beeminder superfan and real-life friend, Kim Harrison, the Director of Education at PDX Jazz. We’re glowing with pride to read how one of our dear... »
The Sting of Work: How I Use Beeminder, Part Two
Thursday, September 28th, 2017
Brennan K. Brown
is back with the sequel to his
previous article.
It’s a wonderful collection of advice and insight about creating Beeminder goals.
Recommended reading for newbees and veterans alike!
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