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Re: Busy Bar

#21
Oof that demo video that shows a coworker coming to ask a question and the guy just hits the busy button without turning his head is brutal.

The device itself looks pretty neat, and seems like it does have a lot more features than that douchebag-projecting use case.

For that price though, you might as well get an ipad...

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#23
post #16

Back in my day the arrogant devs just used printer paper and a hand drawn sign saying "GO AWAY!" taped to the back of their chair.

Mine was updated to "Go away, or I will replace you with a small shell script". I wish I could remember where I read that from for proper attribution.

Re: Busy Bar

#24
It’s nice that the phone app is free and works without the device. I’m curious about how “Hardcore Mode (optional)” could work, which the page describes as “Locks apps for the entire focus session with no way to bypass it. The only way to unlock them is a full phone reset.”

I could not find this in the app, maybe it’s Android only, an upcoming feature, or requires the Busy Bar hardware device.

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#25
post #16

Back in my day the arrogant devs just used printer paper and a hand drawn sign saying "GO AWAY!" taped to the back of their chair.

Mine was updated to "Go away, or I will replace you with a small shell script". I wish I could remember where I read that from for proper attribution.

Might have been the bible for how old that one is.

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#27
post #8

Neat. I have something I use that was $25 on Amazon. It's not as fancy and has a crappy app, but it works for what I want with displaying something to others while I stay focused. The other features are interesting, but software features that may not warrant a hardware. This also doesn't seem bigger than a phone and makes me wonder why not use a phone mount.

What's the $25 thing?

Re: Busy Bar

#29

It's the Juicero of whatever market this is.

I work from home and this would be cool to communicate with my kids when I'm on a call before they barge in asking questions. HOWEVER, the price is WAY too high. This is at most a $50 dollar thing.
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