Show HN: Look Busy fills your work calendar with secretly fake events

I think the fact that this was actually made speaks to the fact that a lot of people are no longer able to do what they were actually hired to do. While I hope that not a lot of people will use the app, I do hope that i sparks some conversations about how our time is spent while at work.

For sure this will burn you at work eventually if you use it. That said, if you need this, maybe you need to actually brush up your CV and find a job that doesn't destroy your productivity with meetings :)

&gt; Your co-workers won’t schedule conference calls and meetings<p>Were it so easy.

This is hilarious!<p>The screenshot graphic on the home page didn&#x27;t show up in my web browser but the apple store listing shows what it looks like.<p>I&#x27;ve known people that would use this so I expect they&#x27;ll sell quite a few.<p>Made me laugh thinking about them.

Ha-ha, but am I the only one who thinks we&#x27;ve reached peak-passive-aggressive here? If you can&#x27;t make a meeting, or don&#x27;t think you have much to contribute, just decline like a grown-up and don&#x27;t attend it. My calendar is usually booked 100% all days but I pick and choose which ones to attend, and it&#x27;s never a big deal.

Almost all orgs will allow you to set your calendar to private, showing only &quot;busy&quot; or something similar. Just do this and make the fake meetings yourself.

That reminds me <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&#x2F;makersschedule.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&#x2F;makersschedule.html</a><p>Maybe there is no need to create fake items. Maybe one should schedule calendar items &quot;Making X&quot;, &quot;Implementing Y&quot;, &quot;Researching Z&quot;... for own best hours everyday and leave a couple of acceptable gaps for meetings?

This is brilliant and I love it. Fortunately, I&#x27;m in (U.S.) academia, so other than one colleague, nobody tries to use outlook etc. calendars at me, but if they did I&#x27;d buy this in a hot second.

Square’s appointment service has a similar feature where it can block off appointment slots so customers can’t book. Presumably a fake-it-til ya make it feature.

This is a very funny idea. Would be nice to see more options for customizing event titles in the future.

Seems like a great way for this app to access your calendar data ;)

This sounds like a gag gift version of Clockwise which is awesome and maximizes the blocks of time you have to focus. I get the gimmick but meh

Next up: room hogger books meeting rooms with fake reasons so I can spend all day doing quiet meditation.