Thanks for hunting, @_shahedk!
We built "Tinder for canceling meetings" to help you get more focus time.
@_pauliusd and I are here to answer questions!
We often waste so much time in repetitive meetings. Cala is a great tool that allows recipients to do a friendly opt-out of meetings. Swipe left to skip, swipe right to confirm. The meeting only gets cancelled if both sides swipe left.
Here's to getting time back on our calendars!
earlier in my career I had a manager who would message “chat or skip?” before every 1:1. it was super awkward every time and I wish we had used Cala instead 😅 can’t wait to try it!
Great stuff yall! I’m excited to give this a spin and get some of my time back! 💯
It's been a blast building Cala with @zack_hargett
This project is our fun take on returning more time to your calendar and hopefully helping folks reflect on their meeting hygiene.
Here's how it works:
You'll log on in the morning to work and see an email from Cala asking you to swipe on today's meetings.
Your meeting attendees will have received a similar email asking them to swipe.
Because the daily email gets sent automatically, the awkwardness of asking, "Do you still want to meet?" is removed :).
If one person swipes left and the other right, nothing happens. No one is notified, and you continue with your meeting.
If both people swipe left, the meeting is automatically canceled in your calendar, and both parties are notified that the meeting has been canceled. Hooray! Now you get some time back.
Use the coupon code "PRODUCTHUNTFAM" at checkout to try Cala for a month for just $1.
If we cancel even one meeting for you, Cala pays for itself.
About Cala on Product Hunt
“A calendar assistant for more focus time”
Cala launched on Product Hunt on May 3rd, 2023 and earned 87 upvotes and 15 comments, placing #22 on the daily leaderboard. When everyone swipes left, the meeting is canceled! Works with Google Calendar and email. Avoid bad meetings and get more focus time.
Cala was featured in Productivity (649.7k followers), Meetings (6.4k followers) and Calendar (32k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 133.3k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Cala?
Cala was hunted by Shahed Khan. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Want to see how Cala stacked up against nearby launches in real time? Check out the live launch dashboard for upvote speed charts, proximity comparisons, and more analytics.
Shahed Khan