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Today, I launched Undock on Product Hunt!I'm here to tell you what it is and why it just might change everything.
I'm at the intersection of Engineer, Designer and Operator.
I want to program time.
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https://producthunt.com/posts/undock
2/ I've always had interest in how we manage our time and share it with others.
I'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'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't know enough about the other party's availability. The alternative is booking pages & bots that, while useful, are not always appropriate.
And most certainly not Pareto Optimal.
The reason we trade times back & forth is because we don't know enough about the other party'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'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.
We share mutual availability.
We fixed calendar-sharing.
Let me rephrase, we killed calendar-sharing.
Nobody wants you to see their calendar.
We share mutual availability.
6/ That'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's literally no reason to not have an 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's literally no reason to not have an 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's preferable to everyone.
Note: this is what you're already doing but in a very manual fashion over several emails spanning days.
Note: this is what you'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're all already connected.
In a scenario where one Super Calendar can make informed scheduling suggestions at scale - we'll all be better off.
This is why it can change everything.
Every calendar is just a node on a network. We're all already connected.
In a scenario where one Super Calendar can make informed scheduling suggestions at scale - we'll all be better off.
This is why it can change everything.
9/ And this is why we'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't have Undock.
I'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't have Undock.
I'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.
Instant Magic
That'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.
Instant MagicThat'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's big. If anyone not on Undock sends you a time, we'll process it and you can create the meeting in 1-click.
Fast
Enter Responsive Scheduling.
While this is in its infancy, it's big. If anyone not on Undock sends you a time, we'll process it and you can create the meeting in 1-click.
Fast
12/ If you'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'll only show the times that work for them
1-click
We're working on delivering this for ANY calendar link
All they have to do is hover over it to pick a time. We'll only show the times that work for them
1-clickWe're working on delivering this for ANY calendar link
13/ That'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'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'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'll unveil just how powerful Predictive Scheduling can be - particularly when deployed at the real-time level.
Stay tuned
http://Undock.com
We want to make scheduling an afterthought.
Next month, we'll unveil just how powerful Predictive Scheduling can be - particularly when deployed at the real-time level.
Stay tuned
http://Undock.com
