Yurii Rashkovskii's Blog

Recently I’ve got an idea to implement as an own product, though when I’ve looked around for someone to partner on it I’ve discovered that everybody who I communicate on a regular basis are busy until… well, they really don’t know when they will be free enough to join something. But I’m quite enthusiastic kind of person, and I just can’t wait. I also believe that its very booooooring to be alone on the project (and it’s a kind of competitive disadvantage). So, I’m looking for somebody to partner with me on a product creation.

In short, this product is a combination of an issue tracker and GTD planner, something that I definitely need in my daily work. The main concept is already developed, available upon request.

The project is already at its initial stages of development. I’m trying to make its development as much fun as it is possible (I’m on edge Rails, edge RSpec, integrating RBehave, using Lilu, have no other login other than OpenID [ok, I was just lazy], follow RESTful principle, etc.)

I hope that first version could be launched within a month or so.

I’m looking for a partner that will be able to commit in various activities of a project, from A to Z, from design to marketing.

I realize that it might be silly to look for a partner this way. But one that never tries never gets desired. So let me try? :)

Short QA:

Q: Is it a job offer?
A: Nope. I’d rather offer a very fair amount of equity (something around 1/2 seems to be fair enough?)
Q: What if project will fail?
A: It might happen. Startups are a kind of gamble.
Q: Do you have a business plan?
A: Not really yet.
Q: When this project starts?
A: It has been started few days ago already.
Q: More details on a product?
A: Upon request.

Any other questions/interested to talk? Cool! Comment here or drop me a line to yrashk {at} verbdevdotcom.

P.S. This entry is cross-posted in few variations across several communities, number of friends, etc. I’m going to find out a partner shortly!

As you may know, I blog on GTD-related topics from time to time

I was trying to use various planning tools to organize my work—Basecamp, iCal.app, Highrise, Google Calendar, DEVONthink Pro Office, and plenty of others. Each tool has its benefits and downsides but no one is a silver bullet (yea, I know, there is no silver bullet). Using few tools is a workaround that may work for someone, but not for me. I just losing focus, forgetting about one or another tool, getting tired when I should not be, etc.

What if someone will try to not to create a new shiny planning tool, but rather an aggregator for existing? Some kind of tool, that will be able to sync multiple icals, feeds and propriertary formats, and what is also important, being able to post events to the respective sources. Getting all this stuff in one place will make my planning much more perfect and will save me time. I’d personally would love to pay for it.

Basically, it could be even a desktop (OSX ;) app. I’d like to not to stop planning and going through the plan while I’m not online. Just some simple synchronization with servers when internet is back available and voila! I’m happy.

P.S. I’ve opened Xcode after writing this post. Let’s see what I can do to help myself.