Would love to buy, but being a student I don't have spare money, infact, I have all the negative monies [moneys? who knows]. But it has inspired me to make my own from stuff I have lying around. And I would love to have a pocket sized one to carry around with me!
This would make a great “app” for a smartphone . I can’t afford $400 CDN for a light up calendar, but I sure wish I could support you, because you’re sooo awesome, absolutely hilarious and adorable. Maybe an app would be something that so many more people could benefit from. And the ability to Gold Star a few things in a day. Like meditate, workout etc. So in the app you could have perhaps 4 to 6 things that you can track. Oh, and a different coloured Stars, the ability to filter your results and see how often you played that instrument or actually worked out. The app is also portable so when you’re on vacation or away for a long weekend, you can still keep tabs on your positive habits. And obviously, you need an annoying screen banner that pops up to remind you that you haven’t fulfilled your goal yet. It’s all good, particularly for a person who is serious about making change in their life. Just thinking out loud. Love your channel, and adore you to pieces!
There is a benefit to having a real, tangible, ever present thing there. It serves as a reminder and as encouragement the way an app you can simply chose not to open can't.
I cant wait to buy this. My wife suffers from anxiety and one thing her therapist recommended is she write one thing down a day and complete it. With this board it will help her by showing her the progress from day to day. Great idea
@@mentalpatient2324 Her therapist mentioned small stuff at first and one thing a day. That way her list wouldnt be too demanding and it would allow her to complete it. For my wife one of her daily things was time alone or time for her. She would try to take on so much it would just consume her. Then not getting everything done she wanted to would add to the stress. After that she started on daily tasks. Like walk the dog or laundry. Basically things that were important (to her)but she wanted to get done. That way it gave her an objective without feeling like she had to take everything on all at once. Hope this kind of helps.
@@ccharbri It is 99.932% of one. Actually the true value is higher than this estimate because my calculations assumes that every 4 years there's a leap which isn't actually true, sometimes we leap the leap year.
"Maybe we'll make a limited edition for period tracking" THAT is such a very very specific market for a calendar it might actually get you some insane money
all the bullet journaling women have a bunch of Habit Trackers every month where they track sleep, exercise, periods, all kinds of different things . You could track if you took your medication if you need that every day, or just check off that day is in the past. I like that it's a perpetual calendar.
there are women who are trying to get pregnant who monitor their temperature trying to figure out when they might be ovulating and when would be a good time to have sex to conceive.
This comment will probably get lost, especially seeing as this is a 3 year old video. However, I just need to say how inspired I have become because of Simone. I am an engineering student halfway through my degree and I’ve been so caught up in my classes that I became miserable and forgot why I was even doing this. I have found my spark again and remember why I’m doing what I’m doing, I just want to built cool shit! Simone, i think you are awesome and I hope that one day I am doing something similar! Just wanted to say I am so happy I just found your channel and to take a moment to reflect as I continue to deep dive all your videos lol. Take care everybody, and breathe. You can do anything you want in this life
Look at all these supportive comments! It's so cool to see someone build up an audience base full of people who just want to see others succeed. It's great
And as you can see from the replies before mine, this is STILL the internet, my good friend. Honestly though, Simone is bae, but there's something much beyond that that keeps me (and I suppose a lot of other people) interested. I guess it is the fact she's a genuinely nice and fun person.
@@APiccolo How do you know that she is a "genuinely nice and fun person"? So you personally know her and hangout together? Or are you just in love with the internet persona she projects in order leech cash from you suckers?
This is such an awesome idea and the final product looks amazing!! I've been trying to commit to various things for a year but I always end up forgetting a day and then I lose steam. This is surely going to help a lot of people. You absolutely crushed the kickstarter goal too, congrats!!! :D
Definitely better than a version made of dominoes. When you topple the first day, the whole year is gone in a matter of seconds. “Oh, I guess I did a really good job and I won’t have to bother with this again until next year!”
Although if you did it in reverse, starting with the last domino and using the taped/hinged dominoes (for repeatability) it would get more and more satisfying the longer your streak was, with each day being a longer fall chain.
Ooh! If you put conductive tape and LEDs on/in the dominos and a battery at the end/beginning you could have them light up when contacting one another making a fun light show too!
Omg i wish this was still available! I have 2 kids with autism and this would be fabulous for them. I could see each of them happily doing whatever task we decide so that they can illuminate that day on their own board. I love seeing your creative brain at work!!!
Having a company that could make your ideas into real products is awesome. There is nothing wrong with making a profit off of your hard work. Your time is worth it. Don't let the trolls bully you into thinking that you're not allowed to make money doing what you love.
Awesome. Can I make a suggestion for the MkII ? This would be brilliant for people who need to take medications several times a day but have memory problems. How about the touch switches change colour per press. Say yellow orange, blue, green. So then they could take the meds press the button and know if they have taken the right amount at the right time. Just a thought. It's still brilliant as it is.
+1 for this feature in the future. It would allow someone to use different colors for different things like ovulation and menstruation or maybe you do yoga 2x a week and gym 2x a week or whatever so each of those can be their own color.
I like this idea!! Even people who don’t take meds would like this; the board is so aesthetically pleasing as is, I just know someone’s gunna want to be able to change the LED to match the theme of their room :)
Each light has it's own on and off switch, when you push one of the lights/button, the light comes on and if you push it again, the light goes off..so no matter if you unplug it or lose power they stay in the same on or off position once power is back on..
Hey Simone, I have been watching your stuff for quite some time now, but this is my first time commenting. I am reacting to your reservation about selling your product and profiting off your subscribers. Though I find it endearing, you should never feel guilty about making money in an honest way. It is evident by the reaction that you are getting already on kickstarter that you are making a new and innovative product that people want to purchase. That is an awesome thing! You deserve every dollar you make for your hard work and creativity. On a side note, I have a 3 month old daughter that I cannot wait to share your channel with. Selfishly I hope that I can create a companion for myself in the workshop, and not so selfishly I just hope to inspire her to be creative and have a passion for something just like you. Maybe I will use the new calendar to check off the days that I can inspire her to try something new, that she has never done before. Keep up the good work, Skylar and I will be watching!
I could totally see myself just pushing all the buttons like a kid in an elevator. How could anyone resists such an urge! 🙈 Also, it looks so pretty, I love it and the idea behind it. 💛
Brilliant. Efficient use to use the PCB as the touch input. How about V2.0 uses tri color LED's so one board can track 3 events? Touch and hold to cycle colors.
Good idea, but I would just say that each touch changes the state. 0= off, 1= state 1, ... set state 0. Though, might be tedious if there are too many states. The solution would be to have a state map separate on the calendar such that you could touch the date then select the state from the legend.
This was one of my first thoughts too, but now I'm sort of conflicted about it. There is a certain zen-like quality to it being limited to only one, narrow function, that I think might be important in making it work (for me anyway). If you keep iterating along the lines of increased functionality eventually you end up with a smartphone. I have one of those, with lots of apps for organization and making habits, but they always fail for me eventually. I'm thinking now that if I had three habits that I wanted to develop, not being able to push the button until I did all of them might be more effective.
One addition would make this great. If you had different buttons along the side which display the lights for different tasks, all colour coded. And the whole device would gently cycle between those different achievement lights, or you could hard select. Even better, by holding down two or three of the options (yellow for meditation, purple for yoga, red for periods) you'd get a combination of those LED colours as the main display.
What I like about this calendar is its simplicity, more colors would mesd that aspect up. But it's open source so I'm sure someone will do it and lots of people will like it
I'm so glad I found this before the Kickstarter completed. As someone who was also forcibly invited to the brain surgery party and is rarely healthy I have been looking for something physical like this to help keep me out of the health and depression sink hole. Thank you so much for creating this and putting yourself out there in this way.
I started using Headspace for meditation a few months ago, but I'm kinda struggling to meditate everyday, like I'm supposed to. This might be exactly what I need! I always click fast when you upload, but now I clicked even faster!
Marty K I used headspace for half a year now, for the first three month I struggled, then I realized the difference. A day without meditation would be out of control. Now the most important thing after wake up is get some headspace.
I literally just printed some housekeeping charts because I suffer fron depression and the house gets messy very quickly when I have a crisis and THEN I see this. Wtf. Wow. I am kinda moved. Good job Simone!
AHH this is amazing, congrats!! LOVE the bamboo plywood and exposed circuits btw ❤️ just pledged. Also burnout is SO real, think we're going to use our calendar to make sure we take a break from creating content each day to work out and/or do some yoga 🙏💪
@@simonegiertz as someone with a traumatic brain injury and the resulting short term memory loss, I'm definitely and I have to pick myself up one of these! It's a great idea, thank you for making it real! (and thank you for making your dreams real)
Simone got my EDC delivered today. It is perhaps the most beautiful thing I own. You need to be proud of the craftmanship you poured into it. Also being able to get it delivered during this trying times in the world. Please make more nerd stuff. I will buy it all!!!
Hi Simone! I’m not typically a person to comment on UA-cam, but your anxiety that people would think you were just money-grubbing reached me. From a young age I have had a love for taking things apart and putting them together, and eventually engineering. Just at a glance this product is BEAUTIFUL! for someone with a love of components, but it is extremely functional and versatile too and I think it can help a lot of people achieve their goals. That is an amazing thing to put out in the world, and you should be proud of it!
I was thinking about what I would use this calendar to do, and I couldn’t come up with one good idea (because I procrastinate everything) but then you said that last sentence... I should probably do that at some point
You're awesome! Thanks for being so directly vulnerable and caring. Modeling that kind of emotional openness on such a public platform takes huge courage. We love you.
So inspiring to hear about your new project and knowing the passion you have for it, is so awesome. Hope you're able to find success in it, you deserve it.
Yeah... am I not allowed to appreciate period jokes because of it? Besides, it's in my best interest to know my wife's cycle, that way I know the best days to bring her a peppermint hot chocolate.
Truth be told, any day is a good day for hot chocolate, but I would just like to point out, if a woman needs a calendar to track her own cycle, why shouldn't a husband be allowed the same consideration?
The Every Maker - Nick Yes, sir. My first wife suffered really bad PMS and it took me 6 months to learn the signs of impending doom. I made sure there was See's candy in the freezer and proper meds in the Med box. I had a mental list of things that I would do to help her get through it. She, in turn, made it worth it the rest of the month. :-)
Great product!!! Congrats Simone. I just wish u could track more than 1 thing with it. You could do that if u put "directory", where each one would glow diferent colors. Say u want to track running, press 1, yellow calendar (input) comes on, press 2... Well, sorry, great product anyway, I imagine it's not easy to make an idea come true, I would buy it. :-)
Great idea. For version 2, add an RFID reader and get some little credit card-sized RFID tags. The idea is that you'd write a habit on a card, put this in the slot on your machine and it would show the tracker calendar for that tag. Want to start a new habit, grab a new card and put it in the slot.
I found the Every Day calendar looking for something to help me get back on track after my husband died of GBM. That whole grief and depression thing. ANYWAY.....imagine my surprise after watching a couple of your videos to find that you were diagnosed the year before my beloved. I am truly so happy for you that, despite having a brain tumor, "Brian" is on the non-cancerous side of that path, and I wish you well. I love your videos so far, enough so that I binged more than I should this evening and am forcing myself to go to bed. I also enjoy your videos enough that I've sent links to my daughter (handy herself and has three kids she keeps interested in STEM activities all the time). Thank you for your ingenuity and sense of humor and for your incredibly interesting videos! Oh, and I can't wait till the Every Day calendar is available again!
I feel like this is a FANTASTIC Idea specially for the "VERY VISUAL people. I'm sharing in all my channels. God Bless you Simone and I wish you good luck...!!!
It's eye opening to see how 365 days isn't really all that much. Seeing all the days fleshed out like this made me realise how much time I'm really wasting... And although 365 days isn't much, we can still accomplish a lot within that time. Cool product btw
This is pretty nice actually I can easily see myself using one of those to keep tracks of my daily routine and habits I should remember. I got severe ADHD and sometimes working in an healthy habits is damn hard...the way it looks and how instinctive it seems to be perfect. The lights on and off a very clear to distinguish and the whole calendar keep catching the eye. Also I like a lot the aesthetic!!
Honestly I love this! I'll be omw to Kickstarter! Update: sadly this is way out of my price range :/ I'd really love this to help me with all sorts of habits and things but I can't afford $300..
I'm super happy for Simone that it's already double funded but ya, 300 is WAY to much for me. It would be great to help concentrate and stay on target but not 1/3rd of my rent great.
And then there is 38$ shipping cost and import taxes and no technical information about the power source, power consumption, on/off switch. Too expensive right now and too little information. If I knew it would be sold and shipped from within Europe..
There are lots of other apps and ways to track your progress. This is a beautiful piece of art. But if you can't afford it find another method that is in your price range so you can still improve. Good luck!
The potential for this product for not just entertainment purposes/fun cool factor but also the uses for people with disabilities is endless! Great job! I really hope this takes off. I would buy one if I could afford it...
If anyone gets after you about "doing it for the money", tell them to F-Off. You have to eat too. Plus, they are most likely teenagers anyway, so don't worry about it.
Love ya Simone. I'm not in a place to buy one now, but in the future I would love to. So if it works out well enough and you can do a continued run afterwards, I'd love to buy a Simone-original calendar in lieu of printing my own. Thanks for being super cool.
I bought the Every Day Calendar and set it up for the new year, and, I , LOVE it! It's so nice, and I look forward to lighting up each day. I'm only 6 days in and can't wait to see the whole thing lit up. Thank you Simone!
I've had product ideas but never had the guts to actually try it. (I don't think the market would be enthusiastic for it). You're on fire doing your dreams! Looks like it's a huge success already! I hope this spurs into a new company with its own line or products! Don't let the fear of being a "sell out" bring you down.
Nice product. I used to have paper calendars and a red pen to make crosses on the paper. That was fun. Same concept. Same result. This digital version is more shiny.
uhuh seriously you can red pen this one too. hey why even bother with a piece of paper? just tattoo your dumb face and red pen yourself. you get what I'm saying. Yip Simone and her team made a pretty cool product with a nice design that frankly does the job of being a calendar better than a simple piece of paper and a red pen. deal with it T‹.T I only wish it had solar panels as part of it's power source but what do I know. It's got a sci-fi kinda vibe that i'd love to furnish my wall with and dammit jim too many things are done with one device and that actually becomes problems. ok I'm done
When I have a living room seperated from my bedroom. I think I'll buy it as soon as possible. This product wil help so many people and brings good habbits in their lives. I am proud of you. Thank you for sharing
This is super cool. Also if you can't spend $300 on one of these, you can buy a paper wall calendar and a sharpie for like $6. It doesn't work quite as well cause it's not as cool and doesn't light up. But it definitely works more than 1/50th as well.
or you could buy yourself 365 gold star stickers ... it's a bit more expensive, but it is shinier ... and they're golden stars so you might feel more motivated :-D
In Holland we have "Scheurkalender" translates to "Daily Tear Off Calendar". Basically it's a block of paper with every day another paper. and then you can just tear the day of the block so you will see the next day.(only problem is that when you forget a day it will be in the way instead of the buttons where it won't bug you)
Don't get me wrong, this is a small run of very large custom gold plated circuit boards, with hundreds of components and a bunch of hand assembly work - they'll cost a bunch to make, so the price is honestly not unreasonable.
Did you know there's an app called Habbitica RPG which also helps with forming habits etc, you can form several at a time. And it's free.. just to let you know 😁
Great idea. I have been meditating for almost 20 years, adding new meditation practices, prayers, and mantras as I’ve gone along. Finding ways to encourage ourselves to actually sit down and put in the effort to formally meditate everyday is a real factor. I love this idea of tracking one’s progress as well. It’s something I also started only recently in the last couple years. It’s one of several ways I find helpful to make sure I’m making progress on the spiritual path. Way to go on being so creative about your meditation goal!
Awesome stuff Simone! I also have a dream to do product designing sort of stuff sometime in the future. Super pleased for you that you've achieved yours. :)
What a fantastic idea!! I would prefer a smaller one I think. One that covers a week, but this year one is awesome too! I'm sure watching 365 lights turn on feels more accomplishing than a week though.
Just got mine today. Its beautifullly designed. My wife and i are building an a frame house and i refuse to take it out of the box until the house is built. Cheers and congrats!
This is amazing!! I already saw you have far exceeded your backing. Wanted to definitely back it, 300$ is a lot for a poor human like me. But I will keep an eye out and get it ASAP. You are incredible! Love you
This is a brilliant and wonderful idea, I hope the immense support you receive truly speaks to the humble and practical nature of your product. From one engineer to another, excellent use of material and design.
When can I buy this?? This would be so incredibly helpful to me! Seriously, take my money. Also, finding out that you are the person behind the hand-slappy alarm clock GIF was the HIGHLIGHT of my day.😂😂😂
Hope you're still reading this: THANK YOU!!! I FINALLY got an everyday calendar as a gift from my wife. It has immensely helped me get out of bed to do my daily morning meditation for seven days now. Your work matters!!!
Two-Face in most houses that’d probably be fine, but in my (tiny) house light from lounge/kitchen bleeds to bedrooms. And we lack a normal number of doors. 😂
Great idea Simone, and it also looks really nice! Here are a couple of points I would improve in the current design: - You are using two large PCBs, the front one is a must, but the second one is wasted; what I mean is that most of the area is unused. What I would do is either put the LEDs on the back of the front PCB, or make LED strips that are 31 days long, and then plug them side by side. The quantity of the strips will make that back PCB a lot cheaper, however, my preference is to fit the components to the back of the front PCB. - Power consumption is an issue here, especially when you get towards the end of the year. Assuming a 30mA@3V per LED you are around 30W of power. I know it isn't much, but we should try to use less power if we can. I would suggest multiplexing the LEDs so that you won't have more than one LED on at a time (0.1W), although to the human eye, it will look like all the LEDs are permanently on. I know that the electronics will be a little bit more complicated, but at least your conscience will feel a little bit better about becoming a millionaire (just kidding). Before anyone complains, the single LED power consumption figure will be actually higher due to the fact that to be able to have the same brightness, more current will have to be pumped through the LED. That figure depends entirely on the refresh rate and the type of LED used. One last thought, don't feel guilty for trying to sell a product that is unique, useful to some people, and most of all looks good. Money earned through hard work and creativity is the one that is worth the most.
It actually triggers me so hard that Feb just has 28 days. Every 4 year you will be like - damn it, what should I do now it's the 29th february and now my entire life makes no sense anymore! But I love it, it's so beautiful! I might buy it.❤
This is a hell of a first product, congratulations!
Ooooh Justine! Love your channel and style! Kisses from New Zealand 😘
Heyyy justinee! Ça fait plaisir ;)
Justine Leconte officiel agreed
Wooahh hi! I've loved your channel for some time and just found Simone, it's so cool seeing you here~
It's looks weird.
It's beautiful. Fantastic work! Doing something like this has been a major goal for me too. Just bought one, delighted to support the endeavour Simone
Thank you!!!
Would love to buy, but being a student I don't have spare money, infact, I have all the negative monies [moneys? who knows]. But it has inspired me to make my own from stuff I have lying around. And I would love to have a pocket sized one to carry around with me!
@@alexravery8439 i feel that
This would make a great “app” for a smartphone . I can’t afford $400 CDN for a light up calendar, but I sure wish I could support you, because you’re sooo awesome, absolutely hilarious and adorable. Maybe an app would be something that so many more people could benefit from. And the ability to Gold Star a few things in a day. Like meditate, workout etc. So in the app you could have perhaps 4 to 6 things that you can track. Oh, and a different coloured Stars, the ability to filter your results and see how often you played that instrument or actually worked out. The app is also portable so when you’re on vacation or away for a long weekend, you can still keep tabs on your positive habits. And obviously, you need an annoying screen banner that pops up to remind you that you haven’t fulfilled your goal yet. It’s all good, particularly for a person who is serious about making change in their life.
Just thinking out loud. Love your channel, and adore you to pieces!
There is a benefit to having a real, tangible, ever present thing there. It serves as a reminder and as encouragement the way an app you can simply chose not to open can't.
This really shows how few days there are in a year.
We only get about 80 of these... if we're lucky.
....in a life really
Mike From 2020: so less...
if you put them in a 5 centimeter hexagon yes
@@stephanieking1294 Fair, I'm sure with a little thought you could produce the opposite effect
“We’re starting a kickstarter”
*checks kickstarter*
*goal already broken*
Well then
It literally doubled
Almost tripled atm
Just wait 2 or 3 more minutes, and we are there :D
goal obtained? back it anyway...
shes gonna be kicking her self for not putting on smaller limit lol... gonna be in the sweet shot making them for the next month lol
I cant wait to buy this. My wife suffers from anxiety and one thing her therapist recommended is she write one thing down a day and complete it. With this board it will help her by showing her the progress from day to day. Great idea
That is such a sweet and thoughtful gift! It's such a pretty board, I bet it'll inspire her to hit her targets for the day.
@@danielletong6100 Thank you! I know this will show her how well and far she has come.
@@mentalpatient2324 Her therapist mentioned small stuff at first and one thing a day. That way her list wouldnt be too demanding and it would allow her to complete it. For my wife one of her daily things was time alone or time for her. She would try to take on so much it would just consume her. Then not getting everything done she wanted to would add to the stress. After that she started on daily tasks. Like walk the dog or laundry. Basically things that were important (to her)but she wanted to get done. That way it gave her an objective without feeling like she had to take everything on all at once. Hope this kind of helps.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE PERIOD LIGHT UPDATE HAHAHAHAHA
Never seen you down here
hahaha lol wat.
Wow 😍 2 of the most beautiful people in tech both here on this...screen🤯😵😴
its gonna be blue for them good days and red when you are ON FIYAAAA! 😂🔥🚒
Haahhaha
Every 4 years you get a free pass on February 29th... What a smart design!
the classic Its not a bug it's a feature
Kind of a lazy way to dismiss it though. Especially how it makes the calender not an everyday calender. 😑
@@ccharbri It is 99.932% of one. Actually the true value is higher than this estimate because my calculations assumes that every 4 years there's a leap which isn't actually true, sometimes we leap the leap year.
😂
"Maybe we'll make a limited edition for period tracking" THAT is such a very very specific market for a calendar it might actually get you some insane money
all the bullet journaling women have a bunch of Habit Trackers every month where they track sleep, exercise, periods, all kinds of different things . You could track if you took your medication if you need that every day, or just check off that day is in the past. I like that it's a perpetual calendar.
there are women who are trying to get pregnant who monitor their temperature trying to figure out when they might be ovulating and when would be a good time to have sex to conceive.
This comment will probably get lost, especially seeing as this is a 3 year old video. However, I just need to say how inspired I have become because of Simone. I am an engineering student halfway through my degree and I’ve been so caught up in my classes that I became miserable and forgot why I was even doing this. I have found my spark again and remember why I’m doing what I’m doing, I just want to built cool shit! Simone, i think you are awesome and I hope that one day I am doing something similar! Just wanted to say I am so happy I just found your channel and to take a moment to reflect as I continue to deep dive all your videos lol. Take care everybody, and breathe. You can do anything you want in this life
Comment didn’t get lost, it found its way to making my morning! Thank you for taking the time to write this to me 🎈
This calendar seems to work for only one task. Correct me if I'm wrong.
@@dammitjim9131 It's open sourced, if you want to make something that can track more tasks then you are welcome to do it
So *proud* of _just how far surpassed_ that goal was in less than 8 hours 😧
30 min*
It's at $329,879 at 20:30 PDT. We love you, Simone!
I really hope they do a second run
ThatDKGuy nah
Katie Weinhold a
As others have said, I’d love to see a video on the design and manufacturing process! This is so cool Simone!
Look at all these supportive comments! It's so cool to see someone build up an audience base full of people who just want to see others succeed. It's great
Nah. It's just a bunch of nerdy dorks who are trying to get in her pants by throwing praise and money at her.
And as you can see from the replies before mine, this is STILL the internet, my good friend. Honestly though, Simone is bae, but there's something much beyond that that keeps me (and I suppose a lot of other people) interested. I guess it is the fact she's a genuinely nice and fun person.
@@APiccolo How do you know that she is a "genuinely nice and fun person"? So you personally know her and hangout together? Or are you just in love with the internet persona she projects in order leech cash from you suckers?
@@johnnyblaze3605 I'm just saying this is the personality that she seem to have. By the way, why do you have to be so rude about it mate?
@ARKIRE Nah, I'm all good in the human contact department. But if I did need a hug I sure wouldn't let one of you dorks touch me.
This is such an awesome idea and the final product looks amazing!! I've been trying to commit to various things for a year but I always end up forgetting a day and then I lose steam. This is surely going to help a lot of people. You absolutely crushed the kickstarter goal too, congrats!!! :D
Definitely better than a version made of dominoes. When you topple the first day, the whole year is gone in a matter of seconds. “Oh, I guess I did a really good job and I won’t have to bother with this again until next year!”
Although if you did it in reverse, starting with the last domino and using the taped/hinged dominoes (for repeatability) it would get more and more satisfying the longer your streak was, with each day being a longer fall chain.
Ooh! If you put conductive tape and LEDs on/in the dominos and a battery at the end/beginning you could have them light up when contacting one another making a fun light show too!
Buddy the Elf. The elevator button scene. That would be me.
Me too
That is exactly what I thought of
Imagine meeting a fellow Potterhead here...😂
I was just thinking about that 😂😂😂
No.
Omg i wish this was still available! I have 2 kids with autism and this would be fabulous for them. I could see each of them happily doing whatever task we decide so that they can illuminate that day on their own board. I love seeing your creative brain at work!!!
It's back in stock.
Having a company that could make your ideas into real products is awesome. There is nothing wrong with making a profit off of your hard work. Your time is worth it.
Don't let the trolls bully you into thinking that you're not allowed to make money doing what you love.
Koricon Nala Well said!!! Totally agree
Awesome. Can I make a suggestion for the MkII ? This would be brilliant for people who need to take medications several times a day but have memory problems. How about the touch switches change colour per press. Say yellow orange, blue, green. So then they could take the meds press the button and know if they have taken the right amount at the right time. Just a thought. It's still brilliant as it is.
^
good idea
+1 for this feature in the future. It would allow someone to use different colors for different things like ovulation and menstruation or maybe you do yoga 2x a week and gym 2x a week or whatever so each of those can be their own color.
I was thinking the same thing.
I like this idea!! Even people who don’t take meds would like this; the board is so aesthetically pleasing as is, I just know someone’s gunna want to be able to change the LED to match the theme of their room :)
You should add the option for the lights to turn off at night with a sensor
maybe
I wonder if you unplug it if it loses memory.
@@elguapo1690 right? It would suck to have a power outage and have to remember which days you did something...
Each light has it's own on and off switch, when you push one of the lights/button, the light comes on and if you push it again, the light goes off..so no matter if you unplug it or lose power they stay in the same on or off position once power is back on..
But they're capacitive buttons on pcb. There's no physical switch.
Hey Simone,
I have been watching your stuff for quite some time now, but this is my first time commenting. I am reacting to your reservation about selling your product and profiting off your subscribers. Though I find it endearing, you should never feel guilty about making money in an honest way. It is evident by the reaction that you are getting already on kickstarter that you are making a new and innovative product that people want to purchase. That is an awesome thing! You deserve every dollar you make for your hard work and creativity.
On a side note, I have a 3 month old daughter that I cannot wait to share your channel with. Selfishly I hope that I can create a companion for myself in the workshop, and not so selfishly I just hope to inspire her to be creative and have a passion for something just like you. Maybe I will use the new calendar to check off the days that I can inspire her to try something new, that she has never done before.
Keep up the good work,
Skylar and I will be watching!
please PLEASE do a video on the design, prototyping, and manufacturing process of your project. We would all absolutely love to learn what it's like!
Relevant (using a PCB as a front panel) ua-cam.com/video/g7b5YZENvjY/v-deo.html
cool idea!
Hello Wintergatan!
Hello Martin!
I could totally see myself just pushing all the buttons like a kid in an elevator. How could anyone resists such an urge! 🙈 Also, it looks so pretty, I love it and the idea behind it. 💛
it'd be cool if those buttons were elevator buttons
I would totally make a christmas tree with the buttons.
It reminds me of Advent Calanders which I never buy because I don't have enough self control to not open it all in one day.
yep
You get to push them all at the end of the year to turn them off as a reward.
tfw your kickstarter announcement is released 10 minutes after you blow away your kickstarter target.
aaand trippled now.
And almost quintupled! Its nuts!
The goal was super low, only 116 units at full price, AKA 0.008% of her subscribers needed to buy one to hit the mark.
Wooow please bring this back, I would love to buy one!!
Brilliant. Efficient use to use the PCB as the touch input. How about V2.0 uses tri color LED's so one board can track 3 events? Touch and hold to cycle colors.
Yes, I would love multiple colors!
Good idea, but I would just say that each touch changes the state. 0= off, 1= state 1, ... set state 0. Though, might be tedious if there are too many states. The solution would be to have a state map separate on the calendar such that you could touch the date then select the state from the legend.
@@abra238 or legend select first, then touch freely
You could even use that for a mood calendar, with different colors for different moods.
This was one of my first thoughts too, but now I'm sort of conflicted about it. There is a certain zen-like quality to it being limited to only one, narrow function, that I think might be important in making it work (for me anyway). If you keep iterating along the lines of increased functionality eventually you end up with a smartphone. I have one of those, with lots of apps for organization and making habits, but they always fail for me eventually. I'm thinking now that if I had three habits that I wanted to develop, not being able to push the button until I did all of them might be more effective.
Making a PCB that actually looks attractive is a hell of a feat. Well done.
multicolour LEDs (multiple press to cycle on/colours/off) would be great to make it multipurpose
You should also do 1 little touch button on it's own small 1x1 grid labelled: February 29th.
:-)
Maybe every four years you get one cheat day?
One addition would make this great. If you had different buttons along the side which display the lights for different tasks, all colour coded. And the whole device would gently cycle between those different achievement lights, or you could hard select. Even better, by holding down two or three of the options (yellow for meditation, purple for yoga, red for periods) you'd get a combination of those LED colours as the main display.
If it's open source, I'm sure someone will think of that
OMG yes.
Using RGB led should do the trick
RGBW Neopixel should do the trick.
What I like about this calendar is its simplicity, more colors would mesd that aspect up. But it's open source so I'm sure someone will do it and lots of people will like it
I'm so glad I found this before the Kickstarter completed. As someone who was also forcibly invited to the brain surgery party and is rarely healthy I have been looking for something physical like this to help keep me out of the health and depression sink hole. Thank you so much for creating this and putting yourself out there in this way.
This calendar seems to work for only one task. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I started using Headspace for meditation a few months ago, but I'm kinda struggling to meditate everyday, like I'm supposed to. This might be exactly what I need!
I always click fast when you upload, but now I clicked even faster!
Marty K I used headspace for half a year now, for the first three month I struggled, then I realized the difference. A day without meditation would be out of control. Now the most important thing after wake up is get some headspace.
I literally just printed some housekeeping charts because I suffer fron depression and the house gets messy very quickly when I have a crisis and THEN I see this. Wtf. Wow. I am kinda moved. Good job Simone!
I have this very same problem. Wish you the best!
Period calendar! YES, please! Thank you for creating & sharing this! Great stuff, new subscriber, peace, love gratitude
AHH this is amazing, congrats!! LOVE the bamboo plywood and exposed circuits btw ❤️ just pledged. Also burnout is SO real, think we're going to use our calendar to make sure we take a break from creating content each day to work out and/or do some yoga 🙏💪
and I was thinking of having one in the office to help make sure I make content every day...
Haha dangit, that's a pretty good idea. Maybe we need two...
@@simonegiertz as someone with a traumatic brain injury and the resulting short term memory loss, I'm definitely and I have to pick myself up one of these! It's a great idea, thank you for making it real! (and thank you for making your dreams real)
Now you need a version two that can handle multiple colors in the ring so you can track up to 4 things. Think of the kaleidoscopabilities!
Simone got my EDC delivered today. It is perhaps the most beautiful thing I own. You need to be proud of the craftmanship you poured into it. Also being able to get it delivered during this trying times in the world. Please make more nerd stuff. I will buy it all!!!
Hi Simone! I’m not typically a person to comment on UA-cam, but your anxiety that people would think you were just money-grubbing reached me.
From a young age I have had a love for taking things apart and putting them together, and eventually engineering. Just at a glance this product is BEAUTIFUL! for someone with a love of components, but it is extremely functional and versatile too and I think it can help a lot of people achieve their goals. That is an amazing thing to put out in the world, and you should be proud of it!
It's already funded *three times over!* This is amazing; Simone, you're amazing!
It's almost up to 300k now, almost ten times over... in the first day!
791 % of the goal
31 minutes for it to be 100% funded.
That has to be some type of record!
1000%
I was thinking about what I would use this calendar to do, and I couldn’t come up with one good idea (because I procrastinate everything) but then you said that last sentence... I should probably do that at some point
You can highlight and keep track of every day that you procrastinate! Unless you're like "nah... I'll press the button later."
I couldn't understand what she was saying, I heard "You can use this calendar to stop by the urinails"
SpeckOfDignity I thought your wallpaper was a The Money Store spin-off
haha but now I understand, "To stop biting your nails"
You're awesome! Thanks for being so directly vulnerable and caring. Modeling that kind of emotional openness on such a public platform takes huge courage. We love you.
"Days I've Rocked My Supervillain Scar" Calendar
Love you, Dr. Simone. Keep it up.
2:32 I was literally just thinking that! It would be so helpful seeing it all lined up and symmetrical like that!
So inspiring to hear about your new project and knowing the passion you have for it, is so awesome. Hope you're able to find success in it, you deserve it.
Ok, the period calendar just earned a like. I LOL'd. This calendar is awesome!
The Every Maker - Nick aren’t you a dude??
Yeah... am I not allowed to appreciate period jokes because of it? Besides, it's in my best interest to know my wife's cycle, that way I know the best days to bring her a peppermint hot chocolate.
The Every Maker - Nick you should know by now if you’re married
Truth be told, any day is a good day for hot chocolate, but I would just like to point out, if a woman needs a calendar to track her own cycle, why shouldn't a husband be allowed the same consideration?
The Every Maker - Nick
Yes, sir. My first wife suffered really bad PMS and it took me 6 months to learn the signs of impending doom. I made sure there was See's candy in the freezer and proper meds in the Med box. I had a mental list of things that I would do to help her get through it. She, in turn, made it worth it the rest of the month. :-)
Great product!!! Congrats Simone.
I just wish u could track more than 1 thing with it. You could do that if u put "directory", where each one would glow diferent colors.
Say u want to track running, press 1, yellow calendar (input) comes on, press 2...
Well, sorry, great product anyway, I imagine it's not easy to make an idea come true, I would buy it. :-)
Great idea. For version 2, add an RFID reader and get some little credit card-sized RFID tags. The idea is that you'd write a habit on a card, put this in the slot on your machine and it would show the tracker calendar for that tag. Want to start a new habit, grab a new card and put it in the slot.
I found the Every Day calendar looking for something to help me get back on track after my husband died of GBM. That whole grief and depression thing. ANYWAY.....imagine my surprise after watching a couple of your videos to find that you were diagnosed the year before my beloved. I am truly so happy for you that, despite having a brain tumor, "Brian" is on the non-cancerous side of that path, and I wish you well. I love your videos so far, enough so that I binged more than I should this evening and am forcing myself to go to bed. I also enjoy your videos enough that I've sent links to my daughter (handy herself and has three kids she keeps interested in STEM activities all the time). Thank you for your ingenuity and sense of humor and for your incredibly interesting videos! Oh, and I can't wait till the Every Day calendar is available again!
Good to see youre doing well simone
I feel like this is a FANTASTIC Idea specially for the "VERY VISUAL people. I'm sharing in all my channels. God Bless you Simone and I wish you good luck...!!!
It's eye opening to see how 365 days isn't really all that much. Seeing all the days fleshed out like this made me realise how much time I'm really wasting...
And although 365 days isn't much, we can still accomplish a lot within that time.
Cool product btw
what about Feb 29th on a leap year?
A day off.
Your one cheat day every four years
You get to sleep through it
I know, right? That's my birthday. I'm feeling left out :/
@@simonegiertz nailed it with the reply 😁
This is pretty nice actually I can easily see myself using one of those to keep tracks of my daily routine and habits I should remember. I got severe ADHD and sometimes working in an healthy habits is damn hard...the way it looks and how instinctive it seems to be perfect. The lights on and off a very clear to distinguish and the whole calendar keep catching the eye. Also I like a lot the aesthetic!!
Unreal, you give off a really genuine vibe.
Honestly I love this! I'll be omw to Kickstarter!
Update: sadly this is way out of my price range :/ I'd really love this to help me with all sorts of habits and things but I can't afford $300..
aaw
I'm super happy for Simone that it's already double funded but ya, 300 is WAY to much for me. It would be great to help concentrate and stay on target but not 1/3rd of my rent great.
The same here :(
And then there is 38$ shipping cost and import taxes and no technical information about the power source, power consumption, on/off switch. Too expensive right now and too little information. If I knew it would be sold and shipped from within Europe..
There are lots of other apps and ways to track your progress. This is a beautiful piece of art. But if you can't afford it find another method that is in your price range so you can still improve. Good luck!
Its sold out! Are you planning on selling more? It's beautiful and so elegant!
The potential for this product for not just entertainment purposes/fun cool factor but also the uses for people with disabilities is endless! Great job! I really hope this takes off. I would buy one if I could afford it...
If anyone gets after you about "doing it for the money", tell them to F-Off. You have to eat too. Plus, they are most likely teenagers anyway, so don't worry about it.
Yea it’s like saying to a person getting a job, you’re only doing it for the money, like bro that’s the point.
Love ya Simone. I'm not in a place to buy one now, but in the future I would love to. So if it works out well enough and you can do a continued run afterwards, I'd love to buy a Simone-original calendar in lieu of printing my own. Thanks for being super cool.
I bought the Every Day Calendar and set it up for the new year, and, I , LOVE it! It's so nice, and I look forward to lighting up each day. I'm only 6 days in and can't wait to see the whole thing lit up. Thank you Simone!
Does it have a space for leap year?
I guess this could be really handy for old people for remembering to take their medication :)
Jesper Hagström or not really old people who take daily medication? I take daily pills and keep a calendar to keep track, and I’m 22.
They would need multiple buttons per day for multi dose medicines. Source: am now an old
@@andreafeelsfantastic laughed so hard i coughed.. that is one step past crying apparently lol. Thanks for that. "am now an old"
What about people that forget if they pushed the button
Suggestion for 2.0. Make a column for 1yr, 2yr, 3yr, etc.
awesome idea!!! hahahah
I've had product ideas but never had the guts to actually try it. (I don't think the market would be enthusiastic for it). You're on fire doing your dreams! Looks like it's a huge success already! I hope this spurs into a new company with its own line or products! Don't let the fear of being a "sell out" bring you down.
Nice product.
I used to have paper calendars and a red pen to make crosses on the paper. That was fun. Same concept. Same result.
This digital version is more shiny.
Yeah its just the same lol
epSos.de
Shiny! I can see it in the Companion's shuttle on Firefly.
uhuh seriously you can red pen this one too. hey why even bother with a piece of paper? just tattoo your dumb face and red pen yourself. you get what I'm saying. Yip Simone and her team made a pretty cool product with a nice design that frankly does the job of being a calendar better than a simple piece of paper and a red pen. deal with it T‹.T
I only wish it had solar panels as part of it's power source but what do I know. It's got a sci-fi kinda vibe that i'd love to furnish my wall with and dammit jim too many things are done with one device and that actually becomes problems. ok I'm done
Solar power with e-ink display to eliminate power cord and reduce yearly power consumption. I’m available to design on my off hours ;)
epSos.de yeah this just seems like a waste of money tbh I want to support her but I have to be honest and say this isn’t the best starting product
Thats one of the most cool things i have ever seen in my life
When I have a living room seperated from my bedroom. I think I'll buy it as soon as possible. This product wil help so many people and brings good habbits in their lives. I am proud of you. Thank you for sharing
I remember the video you announced the meditation calendar thing. So happy it worked for you😊
This is super cool.
Also if you can't spend $300 on one of these, you can buy a paper wall calendar and a sharpie for like $6. It doesn't work quite as well cause it's not as cool and doesn't light up. But it definitely works more than 1/50th as well.
or you could buy yourself 365 gold star stickers ... it's a bit more expensive, but it is shinier ... and they're golden stars so you might feel more motivated :-D
In Holland we have "Scheurkalender" translates to "Daily Tear Off Calendar". Basically it's a block of paper with every day another paper. and then you can just tear the day of the block so you will see the next day.(only problem is that when you forget a day it will be in the way instead of the buttons where it won't bug you)
Hahahahahahaha nailed it, 300??? For me, as a foreigner, this is waaaaay to much
Don't get me wrong, this is a small run of very large custom gold plated circuit boards, with hundreds of components and a bunch of hand assembly work - they'll cost a bunch to make, so the price is honestly not unreasonable.
Did you know there's an app called Habbitica RPG which also helps with forming habits etc, you can form several at a time. And it's free.. just to let you know 😁
Great idea. I have been meditating for almost 20 years, adding new meditation practices, prayers, and mantras as I’ve gone along. Finding ways to encourage ourselves to actually sit down and put in the effort to formally meditate everyday is a real factor. I love this idea of tracking one’s progress as well. It’s something I also started only recently in the last couple years. It’s one of several ways I find helpful to make sure I’m making progress on the spiritual path. Way to go on being so creative about your meditation goal!
Awesome stuff Simone! I also have a dream to do product designing sort of stuff sometime in the future. Super pleased for you that you've achieved yours. :)
What a fantastic idea!! I would prefer a smaller one I think. One that covers a week, but this year one is awesome too! I'm sure watching 365 lights turn on feels more accomplishing than a week though.
Just got mine today. Its beautifullly designed. My wife and i are building an a frame house and i refuse to take it out of the box until the house is built. Cheers and congrats!
This is a simple but elegant and useful product.
Not shitty at all
This is amazing!! I already saw you have far exceeded your backing. Wanted to definitely back it, 300$ is a lot for a poor human like me. But I will keep an eye out and get it ASAP. You are incredible! Love you
Congratulations. This product is a huge success!
Now you look so good thanks God that we have you back
Awesome really love it may god give you a really good life and remember we all 1.3M subscribers LOVE YOU so keep it going.
Wonderful to see you are healing up so well and back doing what you love!
You're an amazing person!
Must also be fun to touch 364 fields on january first :D
I guess pulling the plug solves it:D
Motivation for the 2nd year is to shut all the lights off.
365 ahem
Or you just turn on the ones you missed, and start counting the lights that are OFF as "days you did the thing".
I just wanted to point out that it is 366 becouse of february 29, but it is not there, so on a leap year you have a cheat day on february 29.
This is a brilliant and wonderful idea, I hope the immense support you receive truly speaks to the humble and practical nature of your product. From one engineer to another, excellent use of material and design.
The 'Bullet Journal' community refers to them as 'habit trackers.'
Meanwhile Casey Neistat hangs the prototype version with all the little switches up on a wall in his studio.
which video! i'd like to see that loll
link plz
You're the most genuine UA-camr in existence.
When can I buy this?? This would be so incredibly helpful to me! Seriously, take my money. Also, finding out that you are the person behind the hand-slappy alarm clock GIF was the HIGHLIGHT of my day.😂😂😂
It doesn't have a leap date!!
It doesnt have day 29 for February!!
I know! It bugged me more than it should've.
she answers this question on her kick starter FAQ! TL;DR: you're doing great so far, party!
Genuinely so so so hoping to be able to buy one of these one day. Please make more
Any plans on another run of this? I'm just discovering your channel and I need this.
oi! no button for leap years in february?!
That's what I was thinking
You want a button that won't light up at least 3 out of every 4 years?
It's a Free Space.
It's your cheat day.
that was also my first thought xD
Hope you're still reading this: THANK YOU!!! I FINALLY got an everyday calendar as a gift from my wife. It has immensely helped me get out of bed to do my daily morning meditation for seven days now. Your work matters!!!
Please do a limited run with RRRRRRGGGGGGBBBBBBsssssssssss!!!
Does it have a night mode (so the light of a thousand suns doesn’t keep you awake?)
nacotic you could always put it up in an area that is in your room like a bathroom was central area like a kitchen
Two-Face in most houses that’d probably be fine, but in my (tiny) house light from lounge/kitchen bleeds to bedrooms. And we lack a normal number of doors. 😂
You could have a little curtain for it.
up to 365 suns*
Elemental Sheep this is the only correction I’ll accept.
Very lovely of you to be so honest and open with your viewers 😁
$212,479 pledged for goal of $35,000... Wow! In just 10 hours we have smashed the goal 6-fold...
Sheep is right.
This is a great device! But what about leap year? There is no February 29th on your calendar.
Bonus day: add it with a yellow dot sticker!
lol! That would work!
*_laughs in May Zeroth_*
just take a day off :p
It's a great idea. Don't feel like you need to apologize for coming up with a great product. I'll check out your kickstarter. Good luck!
Finally helpfull merch
I declare UA-cam burn out an oficial health problem!
Great idea Simone, and it also looks really nice!
Here are a couple of points I would improve in the current design:
- You are using two large PCBs, the front one is a must, but the second one is wasted; what I mean is that most of the area is unused. What I would do is either put the LEDs on the back of the front PCB, or make LED strips that are 31 days long, and then plug them side by side. The quantity of the strips will make that back PCB a lot cheaper, however, my preference is to fit the components to the back of the front PCB.
- Power consumption is an issue here, especially when you get towards the end of the year. Assuming a 30mA@3V per LED you are around 30W of power. I know it isn't much, but we should try to use less power if we can. I would suggest multiplexing the LEDs so that you won't have more than one LED on at a time (0.1W), although to the human eye, it will look like all the LEDs are permanently on. I know that the electronics will be a little bit more complicated, but at least your conscience will feel a little bit better about becoming a millionaire (just kidding). Before anyone complains, the single LED power consumption figure will be actually higher due to the fact that to be able to have the same brightness, more current will have to be pumped through the LED. That figure depends entirely on the refresh rate and the type of LED used.
One last thought, don't feel guilty for trying to sell a product that is unique, useful to some people, and most of all looks good. Money earned through hard work and creativity is the one that is worth the most.
You're about to be a multi-millionaire. :)
Hm
It actually triggers me so hard that Feb just has 28 days. Every 4 year you will be like - damn it, what should I do now it's the 29th february and now my entire life makes no sense anymore!
But I love it, it's so beautiful! I might buy it.❤
Every 4th year you get a built in cheat day
What a beautiful product. Its so modern and elegant looking.
Awesome idea! I just hope there is a night mode so no moths are attracted to my I N F I N I T Y L A M P
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