Day Zero Project

The much requested feature of printing and exporting lists is now available. Just scroll down to the bottom of any of your lists and hit the Print List button. You will get a plain text version of the list which is great for printing, or copying and pasting into a blog or Tumblr post.

Note: You must be logged into your account to print the lists, and can only print and export your own lists - this is because your list may be private, or contain goals which are marked as private.

May 26

Website Update: You can now attach photos to your goals!

We are very pleased to announce the latest feature on the Day Zero Project website - photo uploading!

Prove to everyone that you knocked that goal off by posting a photo of that dream destination, or show off your hard work on a craft or cooking project.

Just click on the goal on your list and choose ‘Add Note or Photo’ from the pop-up box. Photos will also appear on your activity stream once they are uploaded.

There are even more exciting updates coming up in the next few weeks. As well as improvements to the current processes, there will be some new ways to discover things to do, and ways to better plan and execute your own goals.

Apr 28

Apr 24

Website Update

There have been a lot of updates to the website over the past week. A whole bunch of bug fixes and a few new features.

By popular demand, you can now edit your notes! It’s easy, just visit your progress update page and click the Edit link under the note. When saved, it will be given a new date stamp of the current time and will appear at the top of your activity stream.

Many users have found this to be a great way of maintaining sub-lists of goals such at books or movies to read.

This is now back up and working. You can see the updates from people you follow by clicking on the number of your followers on your profile home page. You can also use this page to search for people to follow by entering their name or email address.

The directory of Places is growing by the day. We are adding new country pages and lots of interesting things to do. Have you checked it out yet?

Thanks for all your feedback and help identifying issues. There are going to be even more new features over the coming weeks! If you have any questions or comments, fire off an email to: michael@dayzeroproject.com

Apr 14

Top 10 Destination Runs in the World

This list and others can also be found on the Day Zero website in the Features section - and you can easily add the goals you like to any of your lists.

Mar 22

Update to Recent Changes

Thanks to everyone for your feedback and comments on the new changes. I’m reviewing these and do expect to made a few modifications over the next few weeks to improve and enhance the site.

There is a lot of interest in seeing the return of notes editing and we are working on a solution for this that will allow these to be used in much the same way they were before.

Mobile Site

This is currently offline and getting rebuilt to work with the new multiple lists. It will return soon with some new features!

Activity Stream

Due to an excessive amount of users currently on the website in the past few weeks this page is currently offline. It will return soon though and be better than before - we are just optimizing the code to run faster and not slow down the website for everyone.

Support Email

There has been a problem with the support emails. If you have emailed michael@dayzeroproject.com in the last week and not yet received a response then please resend it as it may have been lost. Very sorry for the inconvenience.

Other Bug Fixes

A few bugs arose after the server migration and have now been fixed. These include:

Thanks again for your feedback. The goal is to build a site that you don’t just find useful, but also love to use. Your feedback is important in knowing when we get things right or wrong.

Mar 16

What’s New on Day Zero

This week saw the release of several updates to the website. These are just the first of many exciting new additions that will be coming this year!

It is now possible to create new lists with different challenges. This is a much requested feature for those about to complete their first 1001 day challenge.

Previously, you had three lists - a 101 Day Challenge, a Someday list and a Done list. Now you can add up to four new lists and set your own type of challenge and finish date. There are some popular suggestions such as the original 101 Things in 1001 Days list, or a 30 Things by 30 list, or just a list of things you want to achieve this year. You decide! We’ll be adding even more ideas for challenges here soon.

We know how difficult it can be to think up ideas for your lists, so now there’s a whole new area on the website to help you discover things to do from destinations across the globe.

Mark off where you have been and tag the places you want to go and things you want to do.

There are now hundreds to ideas in diverse range of countries and more locations are being added all the time.

The final change is to the way notes work. Originally, it was only possible to add a short note directly to a goal. Later we introduced the the Progress Updates which made it possible to add casual updates as well as record notes about goals. In order to simplify this we have converted the old style of task notes to Progress Updates. These were orginally not tagged with the time the update was made, so we have used an algorithm to estimate the time the note was added. If no estimate could be made, the notes were added as occurring at the time they were upgraded. (Sorry if this is confusing!)

Previously you may recall the Progress Log would show updates to the status of goals - such as when it was added, set to in progress or completed. These will be returning to the Progress Log soon - we are just fine tuning this feature to make it more accurate.

Thanks again for your patience during the upgrade. We are now located on a new dedicated server which will hopefully be more robust. Work has already started on some interesting new ideas for the site - and the first of these will be completed in just a few days.

Feb 29

Looking for ways to have big fun on a small budget? Here’s a list assembled from Day Zero participants featuring 50 free or cheap ways to have fun - from the simple pleasures in life to a few more challenging goals.

This list and others can also be found on the Day Zero website in the Features section - and you can easily add items you like to any of your own lists.

Jan 17

Handpicked Ideas #6

This is the sixth in a regular series of posts that will pick out and highlight a few interesting submissions from Day Zero participants. This week it’s a bumper edition of 50 ideas for your lists!

Photograph an endangered species
Cross a glacier on foot
Join a community garden
Learn how to use all the functions on my camera
Visit my childhood home
Bake something new each month
Watch Sumo wrestling live
Paint one wall an outrageous color
Visit a butterfly sanctuary
Reverse-pickpocket someone
Stay in an underwater hotel
Buy a Magic 8 Ball and base all my decisions on it for a whole week
Spin a basketball on my finger
Develop my own catch phrase
See my name in film credits
Click through for full list!

This list and others can also be found on the Day Zero website in the Features section - and you can easily add items you like to any of your own lists.

Dec 28

Memory Jar

Put memories made throughout the year in the jar. Then on New Year’s eve empty and read them all from the wonderful year you’ve had :)

Dec 17

This year at Day Zero we’re taking an alternative approach to the idea of New Years’ resolutions by presenting you with seven prompts to get you thinking about what you want to achieve in 2012.

Dec 11

Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Best Value Destinations for 2012

Thinking about your travel plans for next year? The latest Day Zero feature list has a few ideas from Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2012 that will appeal to those looking to make their dollar go further.