Thanks for sharing. It's not immediately obvious from the site: does this offer anything more than a usual timer?
Yes, but you have to sit a little to find out...
Cool, thanks. I'll give it another shot, then.
Sit.
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#12Interesting project. One thing I noticed: when I clicked the button, a fullscreen window got spawned, without any prompt asking me if I should enter fullscreen (Latest Firefox). On a sidenote: this could be used for browser-in-the-browser attacks[0] where someone could present a mock browser UI with a fake URL.
Other than that, it's a great project. Anything to just sit without distractions gives us an unfair advantage over the majority of the world's population who are addicted to phones.
[0] https://mrd0x.com/browser-in-the-browser-phishing-attack/
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#13Very useful and beautiful, thanks for sharing! This also gave me the idea to use web tech to build the timer I always wanted, which is the reverse of this one: a bong when the timer expires, but also ticks every minute (or 5) while the timer is running. Edit: you also have a very beautiful website... and extremely nice drawings!
I suffer from extreme time blindness and one apparent solution to this is to have a regular metronome like pulse - I would love an app for say a smart watch or something that did this with vibrations!
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#14UI only goes to 100 minutes. What if I want to have a really serious sit and think
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#15Not that anyone asked:
I've long given up on meditation timers. I go to a room without any digital technology except for a Casio F91W. I have gotten good at gauging how long I've been concentrating for and if I have aversion to continued sitting I just peek at the watch to know how long it's been.
This is a solved problem that costs $0 and I don't have to worry about receiving personalised ads because I'm into 'mindfulness'.
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#16UI only goes to 100 minutes. What if I want to have a really serious sit and think
ugh FINE, just pushed an update with 999 minutes (I'm too lazy to touch CSS during my holiday break). See you in 17 hours!
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#17Thanks for sharing. It's not immediately obvious from the site: does this offer anything more than a usual timer?
Nope, it's just a dumb timer telling people to sit down and do nothing. More about that:
https://untested.sonnet.io/MISS+–+Make+It+Stupid%2C+Simple
Similarly, Ensō (enso.sonnet.io) is just a dumber
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#18I came, I sat, I conquered. So simple, yet immediately effective. (Full disclosure: I'm a regular meditator, so it's pretty easy for me to slip into mindful awareness.) Thank you for this!
Thanks, I use it to meditate myself (shi-ne).
I often set a minimal timer (e.g. 15 m) and then, either:
- use the 1-minute interval to get a rough idea of how much time has passed, or
- practice different breathing patterns (e.g. 3 breaths per minute)
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#19Trying to use technology to get people to spend some time meditating is fun :) I especially enjoyed the gong sound, the font selection, and the friendly wording in your app. My WIP attempt at achieving something similar: https://ant.care/ There's a button "breathe for food" that'll trigger a similar effect as your website. The difference is that the user is given a digital reward ("food") which they use to feed their…
Hey Sean, I'm familiar with it, great work!
I think you should share it with https://mastodon.cloud/@futurebird@sauropods.win a.k.a. myrmepropagandist
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#20Very useful and beautiful, thanks for sharing! This also gave me the idea to use web tech to build the timer I always wanted, which is the reverse of this one: a bong when the timer expires, but also ticks every minute (or 5) while the timer is running. Edit: you also have a very beautiful website... and extremely nice drawings!
I suffer from extreme time blindness and one apparent solution to this is to have a regular metronome like pulse - I would love an app for say a smart watch or something that did this with vibrations!
There is an iOS/watchOS metronome app literally called “Pulse” that provides haptic feedback. That might get you part of the way there