Jolo Balbin

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Fractional CTO & Tech Consultant • Fintech & AI • 10+ yrs building products

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

Currently dogfooding a tool I’m building.

Goal:

Dump messy thoughts
→ extract tasks automatically
→ see work as a timeline

Still adjusting the model as I use it.

Curious: how do you usually track random tasks that come up during the day?

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

During a short break from building Briefing, I went down the rabbit hole of creating AI influencers.

I ended up building a small tool to make the process much easier.

Now I’m wondering:

Would people actually want a simplified AI influencer creator?

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

During a short break from building Briefing, I went down the rabbit hole of creating AI influencers.

I ended up building a small tool to make the process much easier.

Now I’m wondering:

Would people actually want a simplified AI influencer creator?

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

Took a small break from building Briefing and experimented with AI influencers.

Two quick takeaways:

Starting is surprisingly easy now
Sustaining it is still a consistency game

Also… the whole space feels like it’s sitting in a grey area.

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

Currently dogfooding a tool I’m building.

Goal:

Dump messy thoughts
→ extract tasks automatically
→ see work as a timeline

Still adjusting the model as I use it.

Curious: how do you usually track random tasks that come up during the day?

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

Tiny UI tweak in Briefing.

Categories used to appear on the second line of each task. Now they sit on the left side.

Nothing major, but the timeline suddenly feels cleaner and more distinctive.

Funny how small design decisions can make a product feel like its own thing.

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

@elizimm44 Nice! Would love to see the product.

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

@ShenJiabin0303 Pretty good insights. One of the reason why I’m not a fan of free trial.

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

Started real user testing for Briefing today.

First testers are my family members.

Already seeing interesting behavior and getting valuable insights.

Building something yourself vs. watching someone else use it is a completely different experience.

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

@bradbuildss Yes! AI is just a tool. Someone that can utilize it will definitely have an advantage.

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

@SNagarani1419 Yea. I think nothing wrong in that.

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

Realization while building Briefing.

I originally thought the target users were engineering managers and tech leads.

But the more I use it, the more it feels perfect for indie hackers and the build in public crowd.

Messy thoughts → timeline of tasks, blockers, and follow ups.

Might start with our crowd first.

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

@TulioSousapro Pretty good insights. Saving this for future reference!

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

Realizing I’m still not used to building in public.

Had some big updates yesterday and never thought of posting them.

Need to get better at documenting the journey.

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

Is it just me, or do posts inside communities get way more impressions than regular public posts?

My posts in Build in Public seem to perform much better than posting normally.

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

@arthuryuzbashew @mediafa_st I mean, I'm looking to learn to get users so I'm curious.

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

@jonathanbrnd Good to know. Looking into that direction as well.

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

@rezoundous Wow. This is good. Anything you did to promote this to users?

[Jolo Balbin @MojoJolo]

@manoj_ahi How are you marketing it if it’s a secret product?