Introducing My Productivity App: TaDone!

My newest app is just about ready for release. This is the quickest turnaround I’ve managed to achieve. It had taken just over 3 weeks from the first line of code until now. I’ve been using the app consistently for most of that time and have found it useful.

The app is based on an idea I had years ago that I found useful. Instead of writing to do lists, I would instead write down tasks as I finished them. For me, this was far more motivating. I still did the standard lists of things to finish occasionally, but I kept recording things as I did them. It allowed me to look back at my days and see just what I had done. This is chores around the house, or something fun like hanging out with a friend. For me, both were important to track. You had a few hours in a day. Anything you did would take part of that time. It also stopped me from doing absolutely nothing for days on end. When you looked at the list, you would see what you had done over the last several days. It felt better to at least do the same number of things or even more.

So, here is a look at what the app looks like now.

It has been useful for me over the last few weeks. I can’t wait to see how it is received by the public. I hope to release it in the next day or so.

Here is a link to my page about it: TaDone!

A Focus Switch…

Since a new year started today, I decided that this page should change it’s focus a bit. I still love rubber ducks and most things ducky, but the focus is going to change to my actual work. I have been a programmer from almost as far back as I can remember (somewhat before my teenage years). In 2015, I decided to become a full time developer. I formed Ducky Planet LLC and developed and published multiple iOS apps. Many of the links on the top of this page will take you to the individual app pages if you would like to see them.

So, what does this change of focus mean? It means that starting today this page is going to focus on app development. My plan is to write a post each day about whatever comes to mind on that day. It could be anything development related from an app that I developed to a new trick that I might have learned. This in turn has the potential to help others on the same journey as I am, but more importantly it forces me to focus on app development each day.

I suspect the topic of focus is one that will be returned to regularly since it is the most difficult struggle when you are working on your own. I have plenty of ideas, but the motivation to start a new project isn’t always easy. Hopefully, this blog will help with that motivation to pursue new projects in order to come up with ideas for new posts.

Over the last couple of months I have focused more on learning new things, along with finding ways to make better use of the tools I already have. I am sure some of that will be of interest to others along the way so I will share many of them as time goes on.

But, for now. Welcome to Ducky Planet’s new focus. I hope you find it of interest and stick around!

Don