Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write or code each day
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Re: Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write or code each day
#2If you really like coding or writing, you shouldn't need to force yourself to do it.
Re: Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write or code each day
#3I personally use the Chrome Nanny extension to block certain websites during specified hours. This goal-oriented approach is interesting though, as it seems to get at the core issue: "to create more than you consume".
Re: Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write or code each day
#4If you really like coding or writing, you shouldn't need to force yourself to do it.
Although I think you're baiting, I'll bite.
I really enjoy eating, but if I'm caught up in something I don't always remember to do it. Sometimes I'll go hours past my regularly scheduled meal times. Then I'm sitting at my desk wondering (only for a short time) why my stomach hurts. Oh ya, food.
While this is a extreme example, the logic still applies to coding/writing or anything else. Sometimes the tasks you should do are side tracked by other tasks. And if you're deep in thought, you might not have the internal alarm to switch to something more of a priority. Hence external alarms.
Re: Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write or code each day
#5I want this but at the OS level (windows in my case) with white lists.
Re: Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write or code each day
#6Does this block all internet? How can you code well without resort to some googling?
Edit: By this I mean it would be preferable if I can leave some sites up, like SO for instance.
Re: Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write or code each day
#7If you really like coding or writing, you shouldn't need to force yourself to do it.
I don't think it's about liking or not liking writing or coding. It's easy to start the day with checking email, reading HN or other less productive tasks. It's just something to help you start your day Hemingway style -- writing (or coding) every morning without distractions.
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#8I want this but at the OS level (windows in my case) with white lists.
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Re: Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write or code each day
#9If you really like coding or writing, you shouldn't need to force yourself to do it.
Although I think you're baiting, I'll bite. I really enjoy eating, but if I'm caught up in something I don't always remember to do it. Sometimes I'll go hours past my regularly scheduled meal times. Then I'm sitting at my desk wondering (only for a short time) why my stomach hurts. Oh ya, food. While this is a extreme example, the logic still applies to coding/writing or anything else. Sometimes the tasks you should…
It's interesting you bring up food. Everything goes much more smoothly when I'm fasting: I'm way more focused, and the problems that do crop up, I feel I'm able to negotiate more effectively. I tend to look at it as a kind of perverse karmic trade-off, but that's just me...
Re: Show HN: Block yourself from the Internet until you write or code each day
#10what if i need to search for a solution to something or find out if it's a bug in IDE or it's me doing something wrong? doesn't seems like a very good idea to me personally. just learning to focus on your target would probably help more