Method

👋 Hey Product Hunt, I’m Dave the co-creator of Method (along side @moreofmorris). A little while ago I got feedback from my manager that I was over promising and underdelivering to my team. I’d felt this too, I was feeling overwhelmed with my workload and could feel myself constantly jumping from project to project without actually finishing anything. I’d tried to get more organised by using to-do lists and similar tasks management apps but nothing seemed to be working. This is when I realised that in order to organise my workload effectively I’d need to see my calendar at the same time so I can see how much time I’ve actually got available. I checked out a few products that offered a similar solution but they felt too complex for what I needed to so I decided to create Method. Since day one, we’ve been focused on keeping Method simple and focused on helping people get on top of their workload. If your feeling like you need a better way to organise your day and get on top of your workload, then give it go. We’d love to hear what you think and where we can improve. Method is $12/month with a 30-day free trial to give you plenty of time to figure out if it works for you. We’d love to get your thoughts and answer any questions you may have around Method or the product development process 🙂

Looking at the screenshots, this appears to be exactly what I’ve been looking for. A list of tasks that I can drag to my day and then timeblock. But $12/month seems kinda steep, considering all the free (or less expensive) tools out there. I was hoping to read more about Method on the website but it’s pretty sparse at the moment, unfortunately. I’ll give the trial a whirl to see if that convinces me 😃

I've been lucky enough to use Method during the beta phase and have found it incredibly useful for planning out my tasks and organizing my time each day.  I've found it simple to use and the Google Calendar integration is 🔥- really helps me to plan my "focus" time around various meetings I might have in my calendar. Congrats on the launch @ocallaghandavid @moreofmorris

I'm liking it right away, the simplicity is lovely. But there's a couple things that don't sit right with me at the moment… - $12 a month is too pricey, I'm not telling you what to charge but for me I wouldn't be willing to subscribe. - Limit the calendar to working hours would be useful, I don't need to see hours outside 9am-5pm :P

I've been using Method in beta for a few weeks and I've found it a great compliment to my existing todo list and daily workflow! For me, I've tried basically every todo app out there; I used OmniFocus for a few years before switching to using Things for the past 6 months or so. The challenge I kept facing with Things was picking what I "had to" get done each morning only to have other tasks pile on through the day and inevitably ending the day with some unfinished tasks. That didn't feel good and it often meant I had to message people and say "actually, I'll have that for you tomorrow not today!". I've had that happen much less often with Method. My current set up is looking through my various sections in my todo app for what I want to do today then putting those things into Method. This is the 'reality check'. I almost always find I have too long a list and have to face the reality that I won't get to everything I think I "have" to do. This forcing function has been the most beneficial part for me - time is going to make those tradeoffs for me anyway so Method just lets me get ahead of that and make those decisions at the start of the day. Overall, I'd tell the creators that the simplicity is awesome and lets me have it open in a tab all day and easily know if I'm ahead, on track or behind for the day and if I need to shuffle things around at all. I wish there was an easier way to pull in todos from something like Things but integrations like that can get messy fast and copy/paste takes just a few minutes in the morning. Overall, the product is solid, useful and, most impressive of all, found a way to stick into my existing workflow so I don't have to overhaul everything to start getting value out of it. Great stuff @ocallaghandavid and @moreofmorris! 🚀