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you could easily do this with a spare display and terminal
https://github.com/race604/clock-tui
bonus - i ported this to raspberry pi https://youtube.com/shorts/rgm8lAlHus4
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#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
You be direct. When people come to you and interpret you, say “I am currently working on something else, but I will come find you when I’m free”. Most people eventually pick up that IM’ing first wastes less of their time. If you constantly give them your attention immediately, you are telling them that’s how it should work.
then come the hour long "it's easier if we just hop on a meeting" invites or dreaded "hi" messages because many of the same people who aren't considerate about interruptions are allergic to async communication
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I don’t think the timer and status is for you, so much as for other people in your physical world. Examples would be someone who works at home who needs a way to signal to spouse/kids that they are busy and when they will be free, or an office worker who gets frequent walk up interruptions.
While there are certainly much cheaper ways to solve this problem, I think there is a market. Specifically podcasters and YouTubers who film at home, love gadgets that will look good in the background of a video, and love gear more than the work itself.
When I was in the office I solved this with a hoodie. If the hood was up, I was focusing and people generally didn’t bother me. I never even said anything or realized I was doing it, people just got it.
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd pay for a cheaper app version of this that I could run on an old no-SIM phone.
As the page points out (top-right corner), this thing is the physical accessory to an existing phone app: https://busy.app/ Though, mind you, said app doesn't perform exactly the same function as the bar itself; "Busy App" seems to be more of a distraction-blocking pomodoro timer for your own phone, rather than a digital "busy sign" for you to point at the rest of the room. IMHO, presuming a desk implies a PC (or lap…
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#105What a beautifully designed toy.
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#106I wouldn't buy this because of the price tag but I love the industrial design of this thing! I wish there were more things like this (albeit more practical) that I would like to upgrade my desk with.
Same. Reminds me of something Teenage Engineering would produce.
Theirs would be metal and cost $2300.
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#107I have a home office and sometimes my wife will come busting in with the kids being silly. It's not a big deal but I would like some sort of indication for outside the room for when I am in a meeting.
This seems more designed for shared working spaces which seem limited these days
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#108That's a lot of distracting elements in the design, in something intended to reduce distractions.
They're all saying "This has a lot of things, and we're going to noisily tell you about them."
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=h_&q=fisher+price+busy+box&ia=imag...
What about instead an unobtrusive software-based timer on your computer?
And the notification to coworkers not to interrupt you being a low-tech "BUSY" Post-It on the back of your laptop. Or your headphones on?
Though their advertising does have some interesting features and use cases. For example, you'd need to figure out a convention equivalent to smacking the Busy Bar button, to make your colleagues slink away.
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#110This is from Flipper Devices, who make the Flipper Zero.