Show HN: fffocus – a simple tool that helps you clear your mind before work
The url can be found in the first comment.
To scratch my own itch, I created a simple tool that should be helpful to many of us who are under constant distractions. If anyone uses this and finds it effective or ineffective, please kindly share your experience.
Below are some ways I think it can be put in use:
1. Before we start a work day, we can use it to clear up random thoughts and anxiousness.
2. We can use it regularly to increase our attention span.
Note: This was posted several years ago. I only made very minor changes since last time. I'm reposting it and hope to see some feedback on its usefulness. Sorry if it is a waste of your time. Some suggestions: – having a "how to" page and actual focus page, would allow removing distraction of instruction texts – although it's tricky to disable notifications on the browser and the OS, it'd be a nice feature – for too granular a session length dropdown, one could use a text field with suggested time. – adding basic calculations (e.g. 2+8) for which the user should enter the results, is also an option – better typography: e.g. numbers appearing are too small – check out https://www.psytoolkit.org/ for ideas and inspirations. Edit: format, typo. The other suggestions are all very good. I’ll work on them when I get a chance. About the first, I think the focus page is already very minimal. Not sure what can be moved out.