đź§­ It feels good


If you want a sleek app that can help you manage your focus and events, and you're on your computer (not mobile), give the updated Compass Calendar another look:

​https://app.compasscalendar.com​

We’ve added lots of tweaks to make managing your calendar feel smooth.

Dragging an event from Monday to Friday now snaps smoothly into place as you move it. Events make space for each other instead of overlapping. You can right-click to assign a priority to an event. There are more shortcuts. Recurring events work. Ya know, the basics.

TBH, I still use a different calendar app when I need to set up meetings or see all my sub-calendars, but I like creating new events and tasks in Compass. It just looks and feels sleek.

I talk about how it “feels,” because that’s how we’re setting ourselves apart.

As a small and bootstrapped team, we currently can’t integrate with all your other tools. We can’t be on your phone, tablet, watch, or TV yet. We can’t work on 10 features at the same time.

But we can do the basics well. We can line up every pixel correctly. We can use complementary colors. We can add algorithms to help you place the event into the perfect slot a millisecond faster.

We’ll continue to stress over the little things, while also adding the big features you’ve been asking for (next up: sub-calendars and a daily planner workflow).

Check things out for yourself: https://app.compasscalendar.com​
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Tyler


PS - Shoutouts

As an open-source product, we really appreciate our new first-time contributors: @murilo9, @rhyslee211, @sarans-h, @akintewe, @chiefDevOvrlrd, @fogboots, @Amumug, @claudiahdz, @ru694, @DiegoMutre, @AzharAhmed-bot, @benjaminguma, and @hanzili​

Of course, our core team members have also done some great work: Muhammed (@that-one-arab) and Victor (@victor-enogwe).

Thank you all for helping us create a better product 🙏

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