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Wetting my feet in Android - Seinfeld Calendar

A couple of my colleagues and I huddled up to learn a bit of Android. I think I told you about that a short while back. We developed a very simple application - The Seinfeld Calendar.

Seinfeld calendar, or otherwise called the habit calendar, is Seinfeld's productivity secret. The secret of achieving your goal is practising something, whatever your goal is, everyday and make it a habit. And mark it in your calendar each day you practice, and make sure you do not break the chain. Our application helps you keep track of your everyday tasks.

Our application does not jog or meditate or quit smoking for you. You have to do your tasks. Our application provides the facility to create tasks for the habits you wish to pursue, which in certain cases like smoking means quitting. And then you mark each day in the calendar if you pursued your task, else you don't mark and break the chain. And no cheating!

The application is in very nascent stage and does not provide you (fancy) statistics and all. I mean if you are really serious about pursuing something to make it your habit, then you will use our application. If not, you will just be waiting for funky features and newer versions of the application. Just kidding!

All fellow android users, download the application, give it a try and let me know how good or bad the application is. And also let me know your wishlist of features in the application.

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Anonymous said…
The app looks good at first sight, but although it is rather small, I would prefer it to be Apps2sd enabled, so I stick with Habid Streak instead, although that app doesn't have a calendar-view.
Sunday, April 03, 2011 3:25:00 AM
Unknown said…
Hi AnneTanne,

We are working on some enhancements for our next version. I am sure they will have an edge over other equivalent tools and you will find them attractive.

Regards
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:52:00 AM
Anonymous said…
То put a spoke in somebody's wheel.
Saturday, April 30, 2011 9:04:00 PM
Anonymous said…
THis is the best habit app for me so far, sadly only one widget seems to work at a time.
Keep up the good work and update soon please :)
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:00:00 PM
Unknown said…
Yeah, that is a defect. And we will be releasing an update soon, with a couple of more features.
Monday, July 25, 2011 7:51:00 AM
rob said…
I installed about 5 of these habits apps to try them all out ended up keeping this one.
Having the calendar view is what separates it from the other apps.
Would love to see more widget development
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 6:20:00 PM
Unknown said…
Thanks Rob for trying the app and your comments. The app provides a home screen widget. Would like to know what you would like to see further on the widget part.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:05:00 AM
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