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Re: Show HN: ADHD-friendly Pomodoro web app

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Post by icosa »

Yizahi wrote: post #77

No offense author, but what is specifically ADHD related in this timer? Actually I'd argue that it is ADHD unfriendly because it is in the web browser. So now I need to open a browser and hunt down one tab among hundreds, because as a ADHD person I tend to hoard them to process later and of course never do it. There are also no notifications or sounds in your website (I may have nuked all browser notifications at som…

If you own a Mac, https://github.com/glyph/Pomodouroboros/ shows the timer on your whole screen and runs it all the time.

Re: Show HN: ADHD-friendly Pomodoro web app

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Post by sogen »

doorhammer wrote: post #87
sogen wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sir, can you share your list of top 3-5 albums?

Yeah, for sure! Honestly the ADHD focus ones are kind of random because they're sort of just albums I happened to be listening to at the point in my life when I finally started doing programming professionally (I def still like them though) These are the ones I listen to the most when I'm programming. I'll flip through them depending on my mood at the moment: Tool - Lateralus Don Ross - Klimbim Axiom of Choice - Niya…

Many many thanks! Always looking for music to help focus. Tool was unexpected but expected (I like to listen to NIN and Aphex Twin).

Your harpsichord comment reminded me of a folk band called Muszikas

Re: Show HN: ADHD-friendly Pomodoro web app

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Post by doorhammer »

mos_basik wrote: post #108
doorhammer wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, for sure! Honestly the ADHD focus ones are kind of random because they're sort of just albums I happened to be listening to at the point in my life when I finally started doing programming professionally (I def still like them though) These are the ones I listen to the most when I'm programming. I'll flip through them depending on my mood at the moment: Tool - Lateralus Don Ross - Klimbim Axiom of Choice - Niya…

>Breathing Under Water Wow, I've known that album since 2009? 2010? and never seen anyone else ever mention it. Curious if you remember how you found it? I ask because the way I found it was odd enough that it sticks with me... I was helping a friend in high school with their computer. I went to a boarding school without much internet and all the kids traded music on thumb drives. Windows Vista was new in our parts,…

Nice! Yeah, it's kind of random, but less random than how you ran across it, I think.

I have a friend who's a drummer, and at some point in the early 2000's he picked up a tabla (a type of indian drum--sounds like something you're probably familiar with). I was really fascinated by tabla and started looking into more indian music, which led to listening to Ravi Shankar. I think I mentioned that to the same friend who told me about Anoushka and loaned me a copy of Breathing Under Water.

I haven't actually listened to any Karsh Kale, but I'll have to check it out.

I think that's also why I ended up listening to Table Beat Science (which I forgot to mention before).

Another more random album totally unrelated to those that I really like:

Iarla Ó Lionáird - I Could Read The Sky

It's more irish folksy inspired but has a vibe I always really liked. I used to sometimes just pick a random CD at the local music shop that I'd never heard and buy it. I think that's how I found that pme. That's also how I ended up with the four cd play-them-all-at-once flaming lips album(s) zaireeka. In retrospect, sort of an adhd thing to do, lol

Re: Show HN: ADHD-friendly Pomodoro web app

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Post by doorhammer »

sogen wrote: post #122
doorhammer wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, for sure! Honestly the ADHD focus ones are kind of random because they're sort of just albums I happened to be listening to at the point in my life when I finally started doing programming professionally (I def still like them though) These are the ones I listen to the most when I'm programming. I'll flip through them depending on my mood at the moment: Tool - Lateralus Don Ross - Klimbim Axiom of Choice - Niya…

Many many thanks! Always looking for music to help focus. Tool was unexpected but expected (I like to listen to NIN and Aphex Twin). Your harpsichord comment reminded me of a folk band called Muszikas

np!

Muszikas just went on my list.

I don't listen to tool a ton anymore. I still like their stuff and think they're a talented band but just don't get the urge often, except for Lateralus.

Some of it is just happenstance, I think, but something about that album's energy and vibe can help me intentionally get into a steamroller of hyperfocus on work problems. It's honestly sort of draining for me? So I don't do it a lot. I can honestly say that I've listened to that album many hundreds of times at this point, so my brain long since stopped latching onto the patterns and lyrics.

For some reason I've never sat down and listened to Aphex Twin, which feels weird now. I'll have to check them out more intentionally.

Re: Show HN: ADHD-friendly Pomodoro web app

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Post by doorhammer »

snissn wrote: post #118
doorhammer wrote: post #53

app looks clean. I dig it. Kind of unrelated to the app, but wanted to share a related thought that's been useful to me over the years in case it's useful for anyone else. I have pretty strong ADHD. Pomodoro and other time tracking techniques never really worked well for me long-term because they end up being associated with a lot of anxiety and self-shame as I used them, so I tend to stop using them as negative feel…

I’ve been getting into wearing and collecting not that expensive wrist watches as a hobby to help feel more connected and aware of time and it’s been a great and enjoyable thing for me! Along the lines of you comment

That's a super interesting idea. Make the newness a thing you constantly rotate on purpose.

It reminds me of recently thinking that my clothes are only neatly folded after I learn a new way to fold them, so maybe I should just invent one every week, lol--which feels a little less tenable than the watch idea

Really cool way you're coopting the novelty like that

Re: Show HN: ADHD-friendly Pomodoro web app

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Post by meatjuice »

There was once a web app called maesure, which provides approximately the same thing. The website was closed short after its deployment. As one of the previous active users of the maesure app, I’m concerning if the app you’re developing will end up in the same situation.

Re: Show HN: ADHD-friendly Pomodoro web app

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Post by Ragii »

grzracz wrote: post #5
dotBen wrote: post #3

What makes this ADHD friendly? Also, as you prob know, there are multiple free/FOSS native taskbar based pomodoro apps that really get out the way, what is the advantage of using a browser based on?

It's designed to be somewhere in view of the person using it. People with ADHD (myself included) struggle with time blindness and just starting tasks in general, so this helps with that (I hope) by: a) making the start of your tasks just a simple press of a button b) keeping your progress of time and your deadline right in front of you. It's just another one of pomodoro apps that I made specifically for myself and wa…

Maybe you can try turning it into a progressive web app so it can be installed and receive notifications

Re: Show HN: ADHD-friendly Pomodoro web app

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Post by Abishek_Muthian »

doorhammer wrote: post #53

app looks clean. I dig it. Kind of unrelated to the app, but wanted to share a related thought that's been useful to me over the years in case it's useful for anyone else. I have pretty strong ADHD. Pomodoro and other time tracking techniques never really worked well for me long-term because they end up being associated with a lot of anxiety and self-shame as I used them, so I tend to stop using them as negative feel…

Thanks for sharing.

For me, The act of starting the pomodoro timer itself was the chore, I think being contextually aware of pomodoro timer was a drag to me.

So I fixed that by creating a butt triggered timer which starts when I sit on my chair and reminds me to get off the chair after 25 mins and triggers the break timer when I do. The whole process is un-attended and I didn't have to be aware of the timer at all.

Then I went overboard and built a game around it using WASM & what not[1] which defeated the whole purpose of me not having to be aware of the timer, So I again went back to the basics and built a new Simple Butt Mover[2] which I use regularly now with huge quality of life improvement.

P.S. Congratulations to OP for the launch of their Pomodoro timer.

[1] https://github.com/abishekmuthian/buttmoverWebApp

[2] https://github.com/abishekmuthian/simpleButtMover

Re: Show HN: ADHD-friendly Pomodoro web app

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Post by rubicon33 »

doorhammer wrote: post #53

app looks clean. I dig it. Kind of unrelated to the app, but wanted to share a related thought that's been useful to me over the years in case it's useful for anyone else. I have pretty strong ADHD. Pomodoro and other time tracking techniques never really worked well for me long-term because they end up being associated with a lot of anxiety and self-shame as I used them, so I tend to stop using them as negative feel…

I have a feeling just by the length of your post that you’re on medication too.
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