that is a remarkably novel use of such a valuable domain name.
Meditate in front of your computer with Calm
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#62Then there is Vow of Now: http://vowofnow.com
Different approach to the same problem.
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#63I've read about meditation, and a consensus I'd seen was that you're not doing it right if you need an external aid. You're supposed to learn to do it on your own entirely.
Worrying about whether you're doing it right or wrong is much more of a failure than using an unfocussed screen and gentle music/sounds.
If you're good, you should be able to successfully meditate whatever is going on around you. I can (just about) do it on the tube (subway) during my commute.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lucky. On Android it just says the app isn't ready yet. My guess is they want to herd users to the mobile app right away, rather than manage both the app and optimized website for mobile.
What's annoying for me was that I was redirected to the "sign up for when the app is released" page, but if I fake the user agent I get a very nice, very usable calm.com that works out of the box with my phone. Why, why must you force me towards your app? At max, serve the web page first, then suggest the app to me.
Well if it's optimized for mobile already, then I agree - the herding behavior to an app store is annoying.
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#65Apparently, they raised $415K investment http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/26/relaxation-resource-calm-co... I wonder how they will pay it all off
does anyone else feel this is a bit.. ridiculous?
We should keep in mind that we don't have access to all the available information the investors had. Previous successes by the founders, a kick-ass business model or solid traction could all be valid reasons for such an investment.
Our valuation of the company is based on partial information, and is likely less accurate than that of the investors.
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#67what kind of meditation needs (or is helped) by this? i kind-of do mindful meditation (i'm no expert) and this would be just one more piece of sensory data to acknowledge and then largely ignore. if you're doing "concentrative meditation" (i'm using terms from wikipedia) then i would have thought this would be distracting. is this more like new age tv?
This is more like using suggestion to enable relaxation.
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#69I meditated while my computer crashed trying to load their webpage.
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#70I was told recently that some study showed the brains of humans lighting up much more when reading using a video screen than with paper, and that essentially digital displays are a stimulant of sorts. Anyone see a study like this before? If it's real, wouldn't it be better to meditate in front of a non-digital interface?
I'd really like to hear more about this. If anybody knows where to find it, please reply.