I Got My Attention Back (2017)

Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 1:46 PM UTC

omreaderhn wrote: post #34

muonic wrote: post #29

I'd actually appreciate anyone's opinion or advice on this... I grew up on computers and the internet (absent, technophile parents made that very easy) and by the age of 13 or 14 my computer really just felt like an extension of myself. When I was in undergrad, I realized that the only way I'd ever actually properly study is if I had someone on my dorm floor take my computer from me and refuse to give it back for som…

Here are some things that have worked for me: 1. Keep your phone on silent (or shut off) in a different room than your office (or wherever you're trying to work) 2. Install an app like Refine on your phone and block all social media and sites that you open up frequently (HN would possibly be an example) 3. Keep your phone in a different room before going to sleep. 4. If you like listening to audiobooks, consider gett…

Post by rideontime » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 1:59 PM UTC

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #51

omreaderhn wrote: post #34

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Here are some things that have worked for me: 1. Keep your phone on silent (or shut off) in a different room than your office (or wherever you're trying to work) 2. Install an app like Refine on your phone and block all social media and sites that you open up frequently (HN would possibly be an example) 3. Keep your phone in a different room before going to sleep. 4. If you like listening to audiobooks, consider gett…

> On your laptop (assuming you use Mac or Linux) add social media and other frequently visited non-productivity related sites to your /etc/hosts file. NT has a hosts file, they just stuck it somewhere in system32.

Post by corytheboyd » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 2:10 PM UTC

omreaderhn wrote: post #46

corytheboyd wrote: post #43

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I love the idea, will have to try it out. Not so thrilled about yet another service that wants to collect a monthly rent, but maybe the free tier will suite my needs

Ha no worries. I've tried to find a good balance with the free tier. It's actually a bit more generous than what the copy on the marketing site says so I'll go ahead and update that today. Would love to hear any feedback that you have.

Post by omreaderhn » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 2:17 PM UTC

nickcw wrote: post #56

omreaderhn wrote: post #30

I built this service to help deal with this problem: https://omreader.co It allows you to read blogs (RSS feeds) and email newsletters on your Kindle. I originally started working on this to help me read financial news without needing my phone which I find to be a really distracting environment. I would find myself mindlessly opening up and scrolling through reddit or HN and in my experience, repeatedly doing that ha…

Love the service - I've just signed up to give it a go. I also use the "send to kindle" chrome extension which takes the web page page you are looking at and sends it to your kindle. I find it really useful for long reads I need to pay attention to and I like having a queue of them on my kindle.

Post by ejolto » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 2:19 PM UTC

bpizzi wrote: post #16

ejolto wrote: post #13

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Do you use a dedicated alarm clock? I use the alarm on my phone, so the first thing I do in the morning is look at my phone to turn off the alarm.

Yes, dedicated alarm clock indeed. However I wouldn't count "swiping the alarm off" as a valid case of "looking at my phone first thing in the morning" if you just stick to turn off the alarm.