I purchased a Kitchen Safe for $50 and lock my phone up 14-15 hours a day. In an emergency, I can smash the safe for $50 and get my phone out. Works wonders for productivity.
Show HN: Introvert – Generative artwork to keep you off your phone
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#52I investigated where the generation if images where created. Took me some time but it comes from a forked repo from long
ago. :)
Here is the code: https://github.com/Elf2707/react-native-image-processor/blob...
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#53Oooh! I have long wanted something like this, something both compelling and soothing. When I've been doing something intense, it's hard for me to shift my mind into a lower gear; I often find myself back on Twitter or rummaging through the news. This seems like a great alternative. Edit: Oh no! IOS only!
I’ll added waiting list to the bottom of the webpage. Since it’s react native we probably can figure out android version quite fast.
Thanks! I've put myself on it. In the meantime, I dug an iPhone 6 out of my test device box to try it out. It's wonderful! Exactly the bridge I want between busy-busy and sitting to meditate. 5 stars, and I wrote you a review!
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
> plants virtual trees (you can pay to plant real ones too) for every time interval when you stayed focused. One of my many pet-projects-I'll-never-implement is creating one of these addicting Facebook-driven social games like Farmville (I have no idea what it's modern equivalent is) and instead of distributing profit from ad revenue / in-app purchases, donate all of it to an NGO that does IRL whatever people are doi…
> I think users would feel incentivized to play this over any of the stupid casual online games with no positive real-life implications With all due respect, I think this is wrong. People play games that are fun, regardless of real-life implications. If you can make a fun game that is socially-conscious, more power to you. But socially-conscious by itself does not make a killer game.
Right, I'm starting from the assumption that it would be as much fun as Farmville
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#55I have found that all these distraction elimination apps are ultimately useless once their novelty wears off.
The only truly lasting way I found to stay off my phone is to wear an Apple Watch and leave my phone at home.
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#56is there an android version?
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#57I like your thing.
I posted it to http://reddit.com/r/generative
Are you familiar?
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#58I don't get what introvert has to do with focus. Besides that, if you really need to stay off your phone, consider a "distraction free" phone as outlined in the book Make Time by Jake Knapp. Its a solid book but you can also glean that part of it from his blog: https://medium.com/make-time/six-years-with-a-distraction-fr... His version might be extreme for some. At the very least disable all notifications (save maybe…
> I don't get what introvert has to do with focus.
A common object of attention for Samatha (one-pointed concentration / tranquility) practice is a Mandala or Kasina.
The copy on the site and the mandala-like art the app generates leads me to believe the author hopes people can use the app for this (or a non-Buddhist equivalent concentration practice).
I just did a 10 minute session. It's excellent for this purpose!
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#59It's like you are co-opting reality here. An alternative to the phone-dream presented within that very dream.
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#60I don't get what introvert has to do with focus. Besides that, if you really need to stay off your phone, consider a "distraction free" phone as outlined in the book Make Time by Jake Knapp. Its a solid book but you can also glean that part of it from his blog: https://medium.com/make-time/six-years-with-a-distraction-fr... His version might be extreme for some. At the very least disable all notifications (save maybe…
I've switched to a "dumb phone" over 2 years ago and I have no plans of turning back. I've recently published a piece about it https://pawelurbanek.com/mobile-internet-addiction-focus