Walter Chen is a fellow twenty-something and founder/CEO of iDoneThis, an innovative email-based productivity app that helps individual users and teams get more done by recording and communicating daily progress through “drop-dead simple” email correspondence. Walter says:

We believe that software can empower employees to build the company that they want to work and live in.

iDoneThis makes it easy to track and celebrate the progress that you make at work every day. We email you at day’s end and ask, “What’d you get done today?” Just reply. The next morning, you’ll get a digest that shows you the team’s accomplishments from yesterday. Start a conversation and share your thanks.

Our approach is to build software that you don’t have to remember to use. We’re focused on keeping it simple and lightweight, because software should amplify what you get done, not get in the way. We make design decisions based on customer feedback & data, social science, and our gut.

Currently, iDoneThis boasts an impressive list of individual users and high-profile clients including Shopify, Reddit, Zappos and Foursquare. They have an awesome blog with over 15,000 dedicated readers that discusses everything from productivity, to start-up strategy, to motivation. Definitely check it out.

I was using iDoneThis to organize my life before I ever met Walter and I even recorded a detailed screen capture review on how it helps improve my efficiency.

Listen to the interview below: