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Who's hustling? Wednesday Stand Up!

Why?

That extra nudge of accountability to achieve even a small step on your IH journey each day.

To join in:

01 COMMENT on AT LEAST ONE fellow hacker's progress and give them an IH Point for their check in. Let's get in there with the encouragement/feedback! (Changing the order, because I know we can do better!)

02 Share your epic (a big chunk of work with a meaty objective) you'd like to complete by the end of September.

03 Share what you accomplished yesterday.

04 Share what you commit to accomplishing today.

Optional:

05 Share your Work In Progress to underscore your accomplishments.

Then tune in the tomorrow to share how you did on your own tasks!

#daily-stand-up

on September 4, 2019
  1. 5

    Hey guys! This is my first post.
    I am building a platform where people around the world can download my daily UI practices source files and use them however and wherever they want.

    EPIC

    Finish the design, build the front end of the website and upload 900+ designs

    BREAKDOWN

    •Week 1: I started the work on the platform the last week, so research and wireframes is finished and the landing page, tag filter and post page is mostly built.
    •Week 2: Design and build contact, about, license pages.
    • Week 3: Design and build subscribe confirmation, email templates and polish the UI from possible UI bugs.
    • Week 4: Define terms and condition, privacy policy pages and upload the design files.

    YESTERDAY
    • Minor UI fixes on the existing pages.
    • Design and build the subscribe banners.

    TODAY
    • Design the share pop up
    • Build the share pop up

    Bellow you can find the prototype of my concept as well as the static HTML pages:

    https://invis.io/N3TM1UL24ZJ#/381825427_Cookies

    https://www.uidesigndaily.com/

    1. 3

      This is so cool! Indiehackers who are not as competent in design who love this. Welcome to the thread and keep up the great work.

      1. 1

        Thank you!

    2. 2

      Welcome to the stand up party!

  2. 4

    EPIC
    By the end of September, I've found some cool shit to build for my first iOS project.

    BREAKDOWN

    • Week 1: Determine criteria for "cool shit". Brainstorm "cool shit". Complete landing page for "cool shit" idea #1.
    • Week 2: Brainstorm "cool shit". Validate (or not) "cool shit" idea #1.
    • Week 3: TBD
    • Week 4: TBD

    YESTERDAY

    • Brainstorm "cool shit".
    • Find the leanest example of a mobile app landing page that converts.
    • Start mock up of iOS idea #1.
    • Start criteria for "cool shit".

    TODAY

    • Finish criteria for "cool shit".
    • Finish mock up of iOS idea #1.
    • Write list of benefits for idea #1.

    KUDOS

    @jpusateri Excited to hear an update up the API generator!

    1. 3

      Great plan @Janice ! Can't wait to learn more about the criteria of your "cool shit". :)

      1. 1

        Posted! Thanks for keeping me accountable!

  3. 3

    EPIC
    Publish chapters 3-6 of the B2B SaaS Marketing Playbook

    YESTERDAY
    Finished Chapter 3
    TODAY
    Make chapters easily shareable

    KUDOS
    @ildiko Good idea and the landing page looks great. I think the share pop up will be effective. It was another touch point that primed my brain to subscribe. How are you spreading the word about https://www.uidesigndaily.com/?

    1. 1

      Thank you! I really appreciate your feedback. Honestly I am not yet sharing the word lol. Any suggestions?

      1. 1

        Direct interactions on IH and Slack have been working. I'm currently looking at how to make content more shareable.

        1. 1

          Thanks for the tips!

  4. 3

    EPIC

    By the end of September, I will have 10 paying customers for each of my IndieHackers listed products.

    💙 joinjukebox.com
    💛 trybestow.app

    BREAKDOWN

    Week 1: List Projects in Directories (Indiehackers, Pioneer, and WIP)
    Week 2: Show High Fidelity Prototypes of each Project
    Week 3: Finish YC Application, On Deck
    Week 4: Attend workshop in Brooklyn

    YESTERDAY

    Created two spreadsheets to help me organize my outreach efforts.

    💙 joinjukebox.com
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gbx0Pqo4-L8qI6WPKQ2gUaPSCAOUOCeqNI2VNfeIKEg/edit?usp=sharing
    Reaching out to live music events in 2020

    💛 trybestow.app
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aLGd6bTh_WQsJesYf7-_QXHGUV3vwjntUA2u3LisjTA/edit?usp=sharing
    Reaching out to small business conferences in 2020
    Added pricing to the landing page for preorder: https://trybestow.app/business-owner

    TODAY

    1. Add stripe integration to the Landing Pages, make the copy a lot better
    2. Write out the scope for each project
    3. Reach out to people listed in the Startup School Directory

    KUDOS
    @Janice this daily practice is inspiring, keep up the great work!
    @jpusateri very impressive concept, look forward to seeing your progress

    1. 1

      thanks, I'm excited for where it's headed

    2. 1

      (Smiling) Glad you're getting something out of it! Thrilled to have you!

  5. 2

    Summer Wrapup
    Sooo...I took a lot of time off from side projects this summer. I needed it for me and the kiddos to recuperate from some ridiculous life stuff and establish some stability for the school year. I decided to homeschool the kids this year, and we started this week. The fulltime gig has kept up a brisk pace and I'm running implementation point on some really large voice/video projects.

    In the meantime I was writing down notes as they came to me, getting out into the world, and gelling things over. So as a result, the concepts and approach for Announcr have become significantly more refined, and I am spending much less time on Magnus Rush. I spend way less time in the car listening to podcasts than I used to because my weekly double commute to MA is gone now. In addition, I got to see the perfect scenario for Announcr play out in my town when a new restaurant opened. It was extremely validating.

    Kudos
    @Janice for shouting me out Sunday. Been planning my return since I got the email notification. It sucked being away, but had to put family first
    @ildiko for deciding to post today!

    Epic
    By the end of September, Announcr will be ready to bring out to do some live demos and begin talking to potential customers in my town. I'll also have an outline ready of material I need to create for a draft sales training process.

    Yesterday

    • Revised my 1-page summary for Announcr

    Today

    • Update my development environment
    • Run a new mobile build for Announcr, see why my FB login isn't working anymore
    • Move everything into the Unscheduled bucket and re-establish dev tasks for the month
  6. 2

    Just working on the prototype, it's tough, but I think I have something that kinda works for an experiment. It's still not usable, but I should be done in a week where I can have an experimental playground. To explore how my idea will work. Coding is mentally draining.

  7. 1

    EPIC

    1. 2019
      • $6400 EOY - Nov & Dec excluded
    2. Sept
      • 🏆 TBA
    3. Objective
      • TBA

    YESTERDAY

    • Daily outreach/follow-ups.
    • Update Docs - HubSpot
    • Do discovery call.
    • PT job

    TODAY

    • Daily follow-ups.
    • Do 2 discovery calls.
    • Do customer interview.
    • Dealing w/ aftermath of wasting water/coffee on laptop
    • Review/Report Aug OKRs/KPIs
    • Set Sept OKRs/KPIs and EPIC
    • PT job

    BREAKDOWN
    WEEK 1:

    • Set my Sept OKRS & KPIs.
    • Brain dump... accumulated a lot of info in my head, docs & folders.

    WEEK 2-5

    • TBA

    WIP: Envoy

    KUDOS
    @tdbryant2 on organizing his outreach efforts. GO get em!

    SIDE NOTE
    Today has been nothing but reacting and making sure to not mess up any opportunities. NOTE to SELF - Helen you CAN'T DO late-nights any more. NO more WORKing late, Netflixing late, YouTube or Insta! YOU NEED to DO Sales in the MORNING! Time to grow up! No more late-nights.

    1. 2

      (Laughing!) How did Sales in the MORNING go? And... were you able to resurrect your laptop?

  8. 1

    EPIC

    • Release new macOS product on Apple App Store
    • Release Vimalin 64 bits for macOS Catalina

    YESTERDAY

    • Started on adding content to the database for "new app"
    • Spent an hour at the pool, until I was completely exhausted.

    TODAY

    • Adding more data to the database which is basically scraping a website that no longer exists (web.archive.org for the win)

    • Try to contact the original author of the site I am scraping, which is not easy as there are no contact details anywhere.

    KUDOS
    Kudos to @tdbryant2 for building a beautiful site at http://joinjukebox.com/ that certainly shows some promise.

    1. 2

      Is the site scraping related to the cliff hanger?

      1. 1

        LOL on cliff hanger, but yes you could call it that.