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I've been using the StayFocusd [1] extension in Chrome, which gives you a daily allowance on sites you list. ... but then I found myself using Safari to get ar

I've been using the StayFocusd [1] extension in Chrome, which gives you a daily allowance on sites you list. ... but then I found myself using Safari to get around that allowance. There's also Forest [2], which "gamifies" staying away from websites for a certain time. It's the Chrome extension version of the Forest iOS app [3] to stay away from your phone. I like to think of StayFocusd as the stick, and Forest as the carrot. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankej... [2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/forest-stay-focused-be-pr/kjacjjdnoddnpbbcjilcajfhhbdhkpgk?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/forest-stay-focuse... [3] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/forest-stay-focused/id866450515 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/forest-stay-focused/id86645051...

VBprogrammer 7y ago
> but then I found myself using Safari to get around that allowance. Ha, that resonates with me. I use a chrome extension to block a bunch of stuff at work. Which I soon discovered had an easily accessible toggle switch for turning it off. So I hacked the source to remove it. Then I discovered it didn't work in private mode until I found a setting to enable that too. At the moment I have no trivial way of turning it off. Except browsing on my phone!
graeme 7y ago
Thanks for the reminder about forest. I realized that with the widget view on ios + having an apple watch, it is more useful. I can run some shortcuts and time trackers from widgets, start/stop timers etc and use the phone/watch for a bunch of practical stuff while working, but having the screen blocked from distractions by forest. Hadn’t worked for me before as I missed those functions.
c0vfefe 7y ago
HabitRPG also exists, for the full gamification effect.

VBprogrammer 7y ago

> but then I found myself using Safari to get around that allowance. Ha, that resonates with me. I use a chrome extension to block a bunch of stuff at work. Which I soon discovered had an easily accessible toggle switch for turning it off. So I hacked the source to remove it. Then I discovered it didn't work in private mode until I found a setting to enable that too. At the moment I have no trivial way of turning it off. Except browsing on my phone!

graeme 7y ago

Thanks for the reminder about forest. I realized that with the widget view on ios + having an apple watch, it is more useful. I can run some shortcuts and time trackers from widgets, start/stop timers etc and use the phone/watch for a bunch of practical stuff while working, but having the screen blocked from distractions by forest. Hadn’t worked for me before as I missed those functions.

c0vfefe 7y ago

HabitRPG also exists, for the full gamification effect.