Kevin Rose

Oak - Meditation and breathing exercises for geeks

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Oak is a community-driven guided meditation and breathing exercise app. Our meditations were built from data gathered in-app as beta testers completed their sessions (or ended them early). This led to hundreds of adjustments in pace, tone, and verbiage. We're geeks: Support for pre/post heart rate tracking (and variability) soon.

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Corbett Magotra
Any plan to include a feedback mechanism? I've tried a ton of apps, but so far the only one I've made progress with has been Muse (http://www.choosemuse.com/). It's pricey, but it works. Is that the intent with the integrations?
Kevin Rose
@lilredcorbett Yes, we hope to gather passive feedback via heart rate and other factors. Early days...we have a lot of experimenting to do
João Oliveira
I've also been part of the beta testing group from the beginning and can't wait to try out the final version. Great job team.
Kevin Rose
@joao_oliveira Thanks for testing/feedback! :)
Alan Houser
@joao_oliveira you’re a master beta user!
Marcus Karoumi
Love the transparency behind this project. That's how you build something in 2017! Good job, Kevin 👏
Sagiv Ofek
I don't get it. It's 207 and companies still release apps only for one platform (usually IOS). people, learn react-native!
Andreas Kambanis
Been looking forward to seeing this launch! Perfect timing just as I'm getting back in to meditation.
Kevin Rose
@andreaskam I hope you enjoy it, Andreas. Thanks for checking it out.
Tangerine
Awesome Application @kevinrose thanks for letting me be a part of this journey!
Kevin Rose
@dominik_kugelmann Thanks for trying it out!
Tangerine
@kevinrose oh sure! It was a pleasure to connect to your comunity and see the oak tree grow!
Nolan McCoy
As with everything you put your time and energy to, @kevinrose you've built another sleek, well-rounded product that will help many people. It's been a treat to see you and the team navigate this idea from UI sketches to now a finished product. Also steller job on the instructional video, very well done. Looking forward to the future!
Kevin Rose
@nolanmccoy Thanks, Nolan. Appreciate that :)
Rose Dust
Hey @Kevin, super clean design and the inhale-hold-exhale exercise is a nice idea! So, are you really the maker/founder of this app or just invested?
Kevin Rose
@rosedust I'm really the maker/founder. This is a fun/free project :)
Adam DePasqua
Congrats @KevinRose! 👏
Kevin Rose
@adamdepasqua Thanks, Adam!
Christopher Davis
I've tried most of the meditation apps that are on the market, but have never been able to create a personal meditation practice. Oak is the first app that's made me excited to set aside meditation time. Seriously, love this app. Also, it's a lot of fun to watch that tree. :)
Kevin Rose
@cdavis565 Thanks for the kind words :) let us know if there is anything else we can do to improve it!
Kyle Richey
@cdavis565 @kevinrose I totally agree. Any chance there will be a Meditate duration of less than 10min added, or is that more what the Breathe feature is geared toward?
Kevin Rose
@cdavis565 @imakestrides Yes, breathing is mostly for quick <10 minute