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Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by singular » Tue, Mar 05, 2013, 4:47 PM UTC

ajb wrote: post #22

(edit: I was confused, it's not restricted. Sorry for the noise) "not yet available outside the US" .. fair enough, and kudos for saying up front. How about adding a way of telling me when it is available? Specifically, that is. I'm not going to subscribe to your normal feed because enthusiastic messages about a service which I can't get yet are just irritating. Indeed, the better they sound, the more likely I am to…

Works for me in UK.

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by nollidge » Tue, Mar 05, 2013, 4:47 PM UTC

Chrome on Windows 7, clicking play button does absolutely nothing.

EDIT: started working after like a minute of sitting. Maybe it had to wait to download the audio file?

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by ewoutkleinsmann » Tue, Mar 05, 2013, 4:47 PM UTC

ajb wrote: post #22

(edit: I was confused, it's not restricted. Sorry for the noise) "not yet available outside the US" .. fair enough, and kudos for saying up front. How about adding a way of telling me when it is available? Specifically, that is. I'm not going to subscribe to your normal feed because enthusiastic messages about a service which I can't get yet are just irritating. Indeed, the better they sound, the more likely I am to…

No problems here in The Netherlands.

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by vignesh_vs_in » Tue, Mar 05, 2013, 4:48 PM UTC

I know people want their posts to be on HN front page, but rigging the upvotes is not the right way. (users RamzyIS,acecallwood)

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by robmcm » Tue, Mar 05, 2013, 4:48 PM UTC

I use ambiance (http://ambianceapp.com/iphone) a lot when working, you can record your own sounds or download lots of free ones. I find airplane noise quite good, or low frequency humming.

I think half the effect comes from people thinking twice about bothering you if you have earphones in.

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by pivo » Tue, Mar 05, 2013, 4:49 PM UTC

"Research shows it's pretty hard to be creative in a quiet space."

I'm sure that research is accurate for some people, but it's definitely not accurate for me. Quiet, aside from any noise I make myself, is the only way I can be truly productive.

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by cullenmacdonald » Tue, Mar 05, 2013, 4:52 PM UTC

vignesh_vs_in wrote: post #34

I know people want their posts to be on HN front page, but rigging the upvotes is not the right way. (users RamzyIS,acecallwood)

acecallwood worked on this with justin, and ramzyIS is their friend. no rigging involved!

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by ewoutkleinsmann » Tue, Mar 05, 2013, 4:53 PM UTC

I didn't read the whole research, but a quick glance at it told me that moderate ambient noise boosts creativity. The research doesn't mention productivity, though.

EDIT: And neither does your website, I see now. Why did you use it in the HN title?

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by benwoodward » Tue, Mar 05, 2013, 4:56 PM UTC

cullenmacdonald wrote: post #29

ajb wrote: post #22

(edit: I was confused, it's not restricted. Sorry for the noise) "not yet available outside the US" .. fair enough, and kudos for saying up front. How about adding a way of telling me when it is available? Specifically, that is. I'm not going to subscribe to your normal feed because enthusiastic messages about a service which I can't get yet are just irritating. Indeed, the better they sound, the more likely I am to…

Is this the comment intended to be on this thread? I just talked to the guys that made this and they arent aware of any location restrictions

I think they are probably referring to http://focusatwill.com/beta mentioned elsewhere in the comments.

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by afandian » Tue, Mar 05, 2013, 4:57 PM UTC

cullenmacdonald wrote: post #17

afandian wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did I miss something? Where's the code? Isn't this just a sound file player embedded in a webpage?

justin didnt understand html or css a month ago

Aha. Well, congratulations to him. Not being snarky, I just don't consider HTML or CSS 'code' (I always considered 'code' to be executable).