Launching deepwork.today
Tags: showdev, discuss, productivity, react
Published: 2019-08-01 11:48:45

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title: Launching deepwork.today
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description: An app that helps you to keep a tab on your day
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**TL;DR** - [deepwork.today](https://deepwork.today) helps you to keep a tab on your day. Always know how much time you have to get work done. Decline unnecessary meetings. [Sign up to save time](https://deepwork.today) and improve your productivity.

I made the app in the open with React and Firebase. I used React hooks. I felt I could express operations like accessing firestore, firebase authentication, using media queries to adapt layout etc. to be quiet concise and readable. I encourage you to check out the repo especially if you are interested in a reference codebase with React hooks and Firebase.


-  [deepwork-today-client](https://github.com/hoodwink73/my-week-in-meetings)
-  [deepwork-today-firebase](https://github.com/hoodwink73/my-week-in-meetings-firebase-app)

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Hello folks! 

Our last employer was a large corporate and we recognised our collaboration efforts were unorganised — absent agendas, unclear goals, too many participants. These ambiguous meetings not only came at the cost of productive time but it also informed our disengagement and made us question our own agency to do good work.

I had been using [Pomodoro technique](https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/ek7yhqnj47mn4qtcpp9h.jpg) for over four years. It made my daily efforts more consistent. But no matter how well I planned my day, ad hoc meetings and other distraction within my organisation left me unfulfilled.

When we quit our jobs, we had some time to ourselves. We did some thinking to improve our personal collaboration efforts.

And [deepwork.today](https://deepwork.today) is the outcome of these thoughts.



![deepwork-app-view](https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/7q9c57q5dwzx1g39ktvc.jpg)



It provides

-  ⏲️ **Deepwork clock**  is aware of your daily schedule. We have experienced that focus cannot be turned on and off like a switch, so we set aside some cool-off time for every meeting. The clock constantly keeps you updated on the time you have left to get work done.



-  📗 **Bite sized guides** to help you gauge the importance and relevance of a meeting. And if you find a valid reason to decline the meeting we provide you with a *template* response.



-  💁 **Tips** to help you improve meetings. We read a few articles on how to do meetings better and condensed them to easily readable takeaways.




-  📈 **Meeting Analytics** to give you an overview of your meeting habits over time. These figures will help you decide 
    -  whether collaboration to personal work ratio is lopsided
    -  can meeting durations be made more effective
    -  busiest day of the week
    -  top collaborators


## Lets open a discussion

This is an early release.  We chose to share this **first** with dev.to community because as programmers we are required to strike a balance between our personal priorities and priorities of our collaborators. So we need interventions to shine clarity on our intentions.

I would like you folks to join the discussion and help me understand

-  top 2 things that you would do daily to maintain balance between collaboration and productivity
-  how often do you decline meetings? what are the usual reasons? If you have any polite ways to say *no*.

Please try out the [app](https://deepwork.today). And share your feedbacks.

-  do you think if we allow you to rate meetings(or a simple 👍 👎), would that be helpful?
-  if you would like add more reasons to our decline meeting guide
-  if you would like more tips
-  any particular meeting analytics you would like to add and why


You can leave your feedbacks here in the comments or [DM me on twitter](https://twitter.com/hwk73).

Also, if you like the app, please share it with your friends and colleagues. It’s a free app. We want to genuinely understand how to make collaborations more impactful while not trading off personal productivity. If we get more feedback, the app can get better at supporting diverse work life habits.

Thank you.

Illustration Credit - [absurd.design](https://absurd.design)