mysc. is a fun yet powerful tool designed to create, collect, organize and showcase miscellaneous things in daily life that we value but are hard to fit into categories defined by others.
Good design, but need more, the direction is right, hope the team working on it to get more complete? maybe .
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Very nice simple and clean design. Congratulations on your launch.
Just trying to understand where will it fit? It can’t replace Dayone as my journal. Don’t understand so big margin left on right of the thoughts page. Would love to know some of the places you use and how it can help me with the discovery as problem with many of todays journal is store and forget and lots of good memories buried in the pile. I don’t see Search as well. Any plan for more data integration like location etc?
First of all, THANK YOU for the effort you put into trying mysc. @nilsej I've been waiting for these questions throughout the day! Let me answer them one by one.
As a creative tool, mysc. is designed especially for people who constantly drop short and segmented content from their mobile devices. And as you mentioned, the biggest problem with any kinds of consumer databse Apps (i.e., journal/clipper/memo/note) is the more you save the more you lost. We have a ton of mechanisms in place to make sure that won't be the case with mysc., name a few:
1. You know those memories generated by Apple or Google Photos? We curate similar recap capsules for you automatically when cetain amount of cards have been created.
2. Creating is searching in mysc. It constantly perform searching while you typing and always have a list of related cards ready one tap away so you can discover some forgotten thoughts with simialr topics.
3. See that feature called moments revisited? It may seem a minor feature ATM but it's essentially a tiktok of YOUR content with smart suggestion algorithm. Only yours! So the more cards you have, the better experience you will have with this feature.
4. We have a thought lifecycle mechanism to alert you any cards that have been left in Thoughts since creation for a certain period of time (which you can customize), and move them to Recycle bin after their expiration dates are reached.
@nilsej As a publish tool, mysc. is a great tool to create personal sites dedicated to certain topics and for a small audience. It serves as a hybrid of Twitter and Medium. Any archive can be published as a website with one tap, added to your profiles(just like a Github repo) and accessed from browser. Check out this one dedicated to cooking experiment made by our user: https://www.mysc.app/app/share/2...
And as I mentioned. There's no content feed, and you can fine-grained control who can access to what.
I love Day One (tho gotta say its UI is getting clumsy after years). IMO, journal is a very specific way of data-logging where the look or format matters. We will try to win you over 😁 for that specific use case with better template that can offer those formats in the future (plus many other existing features mentioned above). For now, keep putting down thoughts wherever you feel comfortable!
Also, the location integration is already in place for the next update. I'm using it right now lol
@nilsej And the margin is designed for better experience of dragging cards, especially with one hand.
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@paperthattowel Thanks for all the in depth replies which shows your passion for this I see some real potential but one of the biggest challenges for you will be communicating the usecase. One more thing I felt while using this app is fear of loss this mostly happens when you don't feel comfortable in how I will retrieve the ton of info I am giving to the app when needed! And Yes Frepo seems an exciting product...
@nilsej As a long-time Verge reader, I really admire their emphasis on transparency and try to achieve the same with our product. And you are absolutely right both on communicating use cases and retrieving data. We believe in the value of data and want to help more people realize the value of theirs. Having a robust export mechanism is one of the top priorities and challenges right now. Just follow you on Twitter and I'll keep you updated on any major improvements we make to mysc.
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Looks super interesting! I think DAM's are the future! they have some of the worst legacy software out there so nice to see something fresh. The way the website showcases the product is a little confusing however, It's hard to get a sense of how the data is organized from the UI. Is it tags? Is it folders/cards? Is it pages? Also appreciate the privacy focus but i'm curious how that jives with your TOS: "mysc. reserves the right to delete or disable content alleged to be infringing the intellectual property rights of others, and to terminate accounts of repeat infringers." this sort of stuff worries me, you mention that the content stays on your device but it seems you have the ability to remove it as well / inspect it?
@puppycodes Absolutely love the thoughtful comment and real interest you have toward mysc. These are great questions, let me explain them in two parts.
First about privacy and our TOS. A user can use mysc. without an account and have everything stored offline. Nobody can poke around or do content moderation on those data except the owner, PERIOD. The offline experience will be the founding stone of our product and will be improved with new features constantly. To users who want to have cloud sync and multi-device support, they have to create accounts and stored data on our server (for now). In this situation, we will do content moderation in an iCloud fashion. There's another case where a user decides to make an Archive open to the public (or invite-only), we will put a closer eye on this and deal with it in a more platform-like way.
Then comes the information hierarchy part. All data is stored in 'cards' where you can fit any format of data (text, recording, video, etc) in one. Any card created will first be added to Thoughts(as its name may suggest, it's a draft pile for any cards) and later be moved to an Archive (folder, in other words) where cards are formed into a thread according to their created time. One can add tags to a card for Archive-level filtering. Under an archive, one may select multiple cards and create a "capsule" with its own title (think about ins stories). Users can publish their creations on all levels of the information hierarchy based on their creative needs.
There's no page metaphor in mysc. unfortunately, most people's thoughts won't take more than a tweet, and "page" is the exact thing we want to get rid of.
Awesome concept, excited to give it a try! Would love to know where I could learn more about the hardware project, frepo, mentioned on the landing page?
@cedricamaya Glad you like it Cedric, try it out and see what you think! Also I really didn't expect anyone to notice frepo 😂 It's a single purpose camera that designed for progress photo logging (for example, those one picture a day video). I've been polishing it for couple years. The production is currently doomed by the chip shortage but DM me on Twitter if you are interested in it.
Hey everyone
John here, designer of mysc. I’m fairly new to Product Hunt, so I’ll try my best to make a proper debut 😂
mysc. (lower case m and with that DOT) is the brainchild of our team of 8. We have been working day and night for the past 7 months on this App. It may seem simple from a first look, but you’ll find many attention-to-detail designs if you spend a week or two with it.
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❌ mysc. IS NOT a productivity tool
Productivity is such a work-feeling term. We've already had tons of awesome productivity tools, but not many people are going to take advantage of them in daily life due to their work-centric design. Therefore, though inspired by many great productivity software, I still don't want to call it one. Instead, we prefer considering it as a ‘lifestyle’ tool.
✅ mysc. IS a set of functions that cater to our life beyond work
It’s for our hobbies, personal projects, life moments, and random thoughts. There are so many cool things you can do in mysc., and you can read them in the App descriptions. I just want to highlight one feature that we are really proud of:
👏 Connect fragmented ideas across time
Is that a brand-new idea? Or it’s something I’ve seen a long time ago? We are constantly dealing with ideas and information, and saving them somewhere is just the first step. Unlike many Apps with a dedicated search button, we try to blur the line between creating and searching by tokenizing input, finding keyword matches and compiling a list of related cards while you are typing. Not only any related info is always one tap away for referencing, but you may also discover some unexpected inspirations from previous thoughts.
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✅ mysc. respects YOUR CHOICE and PRIVACY. And we believe actions speak louder than words, therefore:
👉 Login is not required for most of mysc.’s core features
It’s kinda nonsense that so many Apps require you to create an account before even using it. We expect some of you may want to try it first before archiving your meme collection here. With mysc., you can use most of the core features without an account and have all the data saved on your device.
✌ You can fine-grained customize your experience
Every App wants to be a social media nowadays. And I admit it, we have social elements in mysc. too. However, we want you to decide whether mysc. is an interests hub or a personal safe space. Therefore, all features that contain social elements are defaulted off, hidden from view, and can be changed at any time. Even the whole Explore tab is hidden and can be pinned to the tab bar by your choice.
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❌ mysc. IS NOT a prototype/side-project but a product from a serious startup.
Therefore, I really wish to hear your criticism and suggestion to make it better. You can always reach me at @PaperThatTowel on Twitter or go to our support page at https://mysc.app/help . If you like mysc. and want to be part of our journey to make creativity accessible for more, consider joining our discord community https://discord.gg/aVU2gkRv
You can always find more information about mysc. on our website at https://mysc.app
Thanks for your time!
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Love the idea, logo and color scheme, but the design, layout or at least the typography seems a little wonky to me. Maybe its better for smartphones, but on my desktop (windows 10, Firefox) I'm greeted with your "archive anything you value"-headline thats pushed much to far into the browsers border on the left. It doesn't follow the layout of the rest of your page and in turn looks out of place. It also decreases readability. Give it some breathing space!
Other thoughts:
- Try to streamline margins and paddings across the page and sections. Your redefine box looks like it was intended to hover above your forget formats section (which does work on other Browsers than Firefox), while the forget your formats section doesn't have equal padding on the top and bottom. That goes for a lot of elements on your website. Streamlining this (top and bottom padding: 50px for all sections, for example) can definitely improve the overall layout and impression your site makes.
- If you're offering this internationally, I would align the name and logo on the left side of your navigation and the language switcher on the right. I'm not even sure why the name of your site sits inside your navigation in the first place. The logo on the other hand seems much to small if you want to keep it centered inside the header space. Its what drew me to your site, so having your actual logo almost invisible and only applied once on the page seems kind of strange from a branding perspective.
- Your merge section doesn't work for me, typewise. The merge headline directly distracts from every other information thats presented. Since it sits directly in the vertical center, people will have a harder time to read the information above it and might just continue with the text below it and miss it completely. I would keep the layout aligned to your previous section, starting with your "merge" headline and then following that up with "have several broken pieces? Drag & drop to easily merge, organize and reference your info."
- You definitely need a live demonstration further up the page to immediately make it clear to users what your product does. If I read "So we create mysc. to empower you to define miscellaneous your way. Whatever matters to you, drop it down here." My first questions would be: What, where? and How does that work? Your exisiting drag and drop animation later down the page is not clear enough to communicate whats unique about your product. A video or longer animation might help. I would look at websites from Miro or other organizational tools to get some pointers.
Wow @timwldn , I'm speechless after reading such in-depth and thoughtful suggestions for our product. Sorry for taking so long to reply. Gotta take a break after staying up the whole night for our global debut. Thank you. Just, thank you! I really don't have much to push back or excuses to find. You are right. We are NOT doing a good job with our website, and it definitely doesn't meet the standard of what we have with the mysc. App.
I'll make sure all these GREAT suggestions will be the main topic for our UX day (that's when the whole team spends a whole day debating our UX design ideas and discussing good design we saw elsewhere) next Thursday. Tho due to limited resources and development pressure, it may take a bit longer to freshen up the whole website. But I have high confidence that you will see big improvements to our site and have most, if not all, of your suggestions reflected thru changes. The live demonstration is crucial and has been in production right now! I'll keep you updated!
If you are interested, please check out our App in the App Store. I'm looking forward to hearing more priceless feedback from you.
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I've been using mysc for a while. It's a GREAT tool to organize your daily life and ideas. Definitely recommend. Give it a try PRODUCT HUNTERS!!!
Can't wait to hear more feedback from you @saiyan86 Appreciate the love from a hardcore user 🤣
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Love this. This solves my "notes" problem perfectly. I can easily jot or put something down and EASILY sort it out later. Easy to implement into my system. Great job!
@fklb High five✋ That's exactly why mysc. has a single entrance for information inflow and the Thoughts/Archives structure. I always come up with some ideas in the shower, or when just getting in bed. I need a tool to save those brittle thoughts as much as possible in 10 seconds and won't bother me with which notebook I should open in the first place. We really want you to spend as little time in mysc. as possible so you can focus on the real world and let your ideas grow into something bigger.
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