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TL/DR: Book appointments on your calendar to get work done and stick to them. Shut off notifications while you're in there. I've been working from home for a d

TL/DR: Book appointments on your calendar to get work done and stick to them. Shut off notifications while you're in there. I've been working from home for a decade now, and basically I think this is bonkers (no offense, I see the founder is here posting). With all the tools out there if you really want to do that pair up with a coworker and do it with an existing tool. I don't work in pajamas or do anything dumb but I have zero (0) interest in having someone I don't even work with having a video feed into my house. That's as a man, don't even get me started on how uncomfortable I'd be if I wasn't a cis / straight guy.

5874-4b22-a4e0 7y ago
Just get a offline video recording device, and record yourself on loop if you want to have the feeling of being watched. Then just repeat what you did before and after the session for accountability. This concept is creepy af, and its hilarious to have to pay for it.
- zuno 7y ago
  What's possibly hilarious is to have never tried it, and to suspect that its concept is creepy. Sure, the webcam is on, but as long as the person at the other end seems to be reasonably busy with something, it should not be bothersome at all. And of course, you can always exit a session. On having to pay for it - why not? Why not try paying for a service that asks for a reasonably designed monthly payment term instead of annual one time payments? Or the ones on which ads cover half the page? Entrepreneurs need words of encouragement.
mellosouls 7y ago
Wrt your tldr solution to procrastination: You are possibly self-disciplined enough not to be their target market. It's not that easy for everybody. Different strokes...
emmaf9 7y ago
I'm a straight woman who works from home and loves FocusMate; I don't have any qualms about allowing someone to see me working from home. They're not working from home with me; the most they know about me and my home is perhaps the color of the wall of the room behind me. If I feel uncomfortable for any reason, all I have to do is close the tab and I can report the user.

5874-4b22-a4e0 7y ago

Just get a offline video recording device, and record yourself on loop if you want to have the feeling of being watched. Then just repeat what you did before and after the session for accountability. This concept is creepy af, and its hilarious to have to pay for it.

zuno 7y ago
What's possibly hilarious is to have never tried it, and to suspect that its concept is creepy. Sure, the webcam is on, but as long as the person at the other end seems to be reasonably busy with something, it should not be bothersome at all. And of course, you can always exit a session. On having to pay for it - why not? Why not try paying for a service that asks for a reasonably designed monthly payment term instead of annual one time payments? Or the ones on which ads cover half the page? Entrepreneurs need words of encouragement.

mellosouls 7y ago

Wrt your tldr solution to procrastination: You are possibly self-disciplined enough not to be their target market. It's not that easy for everybody. Different strokes...

emmaf9 7y ago

I'm a straight woman who works from home and loves FocusMate; I don't have any qualms about allowing someone to see me working from home. They're not working from home with me; the most they know about me and my home is perhaps the color of the wall of the room behind me. If I feel uncomfortable for any reason, all I have to do is close the tab and I can report the user.