Read on TwitterI& #39;m here to tell you what it is and why it just might change everything.
I& #39;m at the intersection of Engineer, Designer and Operator.
I want to program time.
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2/ I& #39;ve always had interest in how we manage our time and share it with others.
I& #39;ve been equally curious about game theory mechanics.
Meeting scheduling has long been a cooperative game played with broken pieces.
A never-ending game of battleship.
How do we fix it?
I& #39;ve been equally curious about game theory mechanics.
Meeting scheduling has long been a cooperative game played with broken pieces.
A never-ending game of battleship.
How do we fix it?
3/ By addressing information asymmetry.
The reason we trade times back & forth is because we don& #39;t know enough about the other party& #39;s availability. The alternative is booking pages & bots that, while useful, are not always appropriate.
And most certainly not Pareto Optimal.
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The reason we trade times back & forth is because we don& #39;t know enough about the other party& #39;s availability. The alternative is booking pages & bots that, while useful, are not always appropriate.
And most certainly not Pareto Optimal.
4/ There is, in fact, a perfect time to meet.
In a vacuum, the solution is simple. Get everyone in the room with their calendar, compare the dozens of options for the meeting and put it to a vote. Come up with a scoring rubric and then select the best time.
Undock does this
In a vacuum, the solution is simple. Get everyone in the room with their calendar, compare the dozens of options for the meeting and put it to a vote. Come up with a scoring rubric and then select the best time.
Undock does this
5/ Undock compares everyone& #39;s availability, preferences and scheduling behavior to reduce/eliminate the back and forth time.
We fixed calendar-sharing.
Let me rephrase, we killed calendar-sharing.
Nobody wants you to see their calendar.
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We fixed calendar-sharing.
Let me rephrase, we killed calendar-sharing.
Nobody wants you to see their calendar.
We share mutual availability.
6/ That& #39;s a major unlock. But we went deeper.
Instead of sharing every single time that overlaps, you can limit the number of options to the highest scoring mutually preferred times.
There& #39;s literally no reason to not have an http://Undock.com"> http://Undock.com account so go sign up!
Instead of sharing every single time that overlaps, you can limit the number of options to the highest scoring mutually preferred times.
There& #39;s literally no reason to not have an http://Undock.com"> http://Undock.com account so go sign up!
7/ Interestingly, this means we make different suggestions to different people, even if your calendar is empty. Depends on what& #39;s preferable to everyone.
Note: this is what you& #39;re already doing but in a very manual fashion over several emails spanning days.
Note: this is what you& #39;re already doing but in a very manual fashion over several emails spanning days.
8/ Back to programming time. What does that mean?
Every calendar is just a node on a network. We& #39;re all already connected.
In a scenario where one Super Calendar can make informed scheduling suggestions at scale - we& #39;ll all be better off.
This is why it can change everything.
Every calendar is just a node on a network. We& #39;re all already connected.
In a scenario where one Super Calendar can make informed scheduling suggestions at scale - we& #39;ll all be better off.
This is why it can change everything.
9/ And this is why we& #39;ve decided to play nice.
Undock works incredibly well in single-player mode. I use it for 100% of my scheduling - even when the other person doesn& #39;t have Undock.
I& #39;ve had over 100 investor meetings in 4 wks and scheduling was a complete afterthought.
Undock works incredibly well in single-player mode. I use it for 100% of my scheduling - even when the other person doesn& #39;t have Undock.
I& #39;ve had over 100 investor meetings in 4 wks and scheduling was a complete afterthought.
10/ Over 100 meetings.
Never double booked.
Never had to think about it.
Even bringing in my co-founder @dukeofdalt just required me adding him to the email and sending the suggestions.
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That& #39;s the power of Predictive Scheduling.
Never double booked.
Never had to think about it.
Even bringing in my co-founder @dukeofdalt just required me adding him to the email and sending the suggestions.
That& #39;s the power of Predictive Scheduling.
11/ To truly control time, we need to play nice with others.
Enter Responsive Scheduling.
While this is in its infancy, it& #39;s big. If anyone not on Undock sends you a time, we& #39;ll process it and you can create the meeting in 1-click.
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Enter Responsive Scheduling.
While this is in its infancy, it& #39;s big. If anyone not on Undock sends you a time, we& #39;ll process it and you can create the meeting in 1-click.
12/ If you& #39;re flexible, you can skip the suggestions when meeting with other users and insert your calendar link.
All they have to do is hover over it to pick a time. We& #39;ll only show the times that work for them
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We& #39;re working on delivering this for ANY calendar link
All they have to do is hover over it to pick a time. We& #39;ll only show the times that work for them
We& #39;re working on delivering this for ANY calendar link
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13/ That& #39;s right.
We want to connect Google, Microsoft, @Apple and any calendar/scheduling page.
We want to connect people across different networking platforms and productivity apps.
A complete calendar network. A challenge, for sure.
We& #39;ll make sense of all the noise.
We want to connect Google, Microsoft, @Apple and any calendar/scheduling page.
We want to connect people across different networking platforms and productivity apps.
A complete calendar network. A challenge, for sure.
We& #39;ll make sense of all the noise.
14/ And thus, the mission to program time begins.
We want to make scheduling an afterthought.
Next month, we& #39;ll unveil just how powerful Predictive Scheduling can be - particularly when deployed at the real-time level.
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http://Undock.com"> http://Undock.com
We want to make scheduling an afterthought.
Next month, we& #39;ll unveil just how powerful Predictive Scheduling can be - particularly when deployed at the real-time level.
Stay tuned
http://Undock.com"> http://Undock.com
