New Big Calendar Design

Posted by Jesse Phillips on May 07, 2012 22 Comments

Based on the data I got in the recent survey, here is a rough draft design idea for my next calendar version:

Key Features:

- includes weekends!
- larger calendar: 30" x 42" (3" wider & taller)
- large month indicators, so you can find months easier
- ligher blue/green - easier to write on blue square
- weekends in light gray, sets off the weekend visually
- larger weekday indicators at top, no more headline
- dotted lines between days (vert lines). less ink = less visual clutter.

What do you think?

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Big Caledar Survey Results

Posted by Jesse Phillips on May 07, 2012 3 Comments

 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for participating in my survey! I've posted the results below (in case you're like me and you like to see data). Because of these results I've decided to do a few things:

1. Add weekends to the calendar - and make the whole calendar a little bigger. It turns out, this is a surprisingly costly decision to make a big calendar. I will now have to order a custom sheet size, so I'll have to order 20,000 sheets in advance (for perspective, I've sold about 6,000 calendars so far) - which is a big risk, especially if the calendar turns-out to be too big for people (I'm afraid of this!) But it will be one of the biggest calendars you can buy and, hopefully, the most useful (and attractive).

2. Make a dry-erase version - I don't like the glossy look of dry-erase, but it seems like you guys don't care as much. This is an example of a foolish entrepreneur (me) getting too emotionally attached to what he thinks people want. I'm researching a dry-erase coating that will not be as glossy, but in the end I may just have to laminate it. You'd BETTER like it! jk ... but seriously ... ;)

3, 4, 5... Remove the annoying title (more space for boxes), make a couple larger versions: 4'x3' & 8'x3', maybe change colors or remove the color all together. Make the month name easier to see. Set-off the weekends more. Add holidays.

If you have any more opinions, I would LOVE to hear your thoughts. I reallllllly want to make a useful calendar! Email me: jesse AT neuYear dot net.

SURVEY RESULTS 
(cut & pasted in photoshop)

Thanks for reading this post! Big year calendars are never going to be the same. Now I'm writing special words so this blog post will help the site get more clicks. I want to make large wall calendars that are more useful to people. Most other year calendars have tiny boxes that you can't write much in. My big calendar has larger boxes and has a cool design.

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SAVE 10% - Tell Yo Frens!

Posted by Jesse Phillips on December 10, 2011 7 Comments

You scratch our back, we'll scratch yours ;)
Just tweet about our calendar & we'll give you a 10% off code - click the button!

Ends Dec 30th 2011, so take advantage of it while you can!

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