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OMG. I could not do this. I hope it's useful to others, but not for me...at all. The biggest distraction for me, when working/focusing, is movement at the edge
by sonicanatidae 3y ago
OMG. I could not do this. I hope it's useful to others, but not for me...at all.
The biggest distraction for me, when working/focusing, is movement at the edge of my vision. You know, like most websites with their moving ads, or fly-out videos that no one asked for, etc.
I'm glad you found your silverbullet, but that specific approach would wreck my productivity.
- TheRealHB 3y agoI don't recommend my solution BUT Your description is close to what I experience at times, that blinking thing may help you ignore outside the monitor distractions as it is there forcing you to ignore? Interesting, Do one and tell me ; ) I cost me $25 or less.... all spares ESP32 (most of them has a LED pinned anyways) and don't bother the heart monitor initially, just set time and rate of descent for the blink. Cheap test...
- sonicanatidae 3y agoI'm fortunate in that I can control my office enough that I can simply eliminate the distractions. For the rest, there's pihole, Brave and Ublock. ;) I may try this, as an experiment, but going into it, I'm expecting a fail. If I do try it, I'll follow up.
- TheRealHB 3y agoYou can't lose as even if it does not work much for you, you will get the building pleasure for sure.
- sonicanatidae 3y agoAgreed and part of why I'm a career long SysAdmin is I like to tinker. :)
- ChrisRR 3y agoSame. I can't stand people hovering around my desk. Every little thing they do or say distracts me.
- sagebird 3y agoWhat if instead of a blinking led, it were a warm incandescent bulb, shaded by a diffuser? Bulbs have some on and off ramp time naturally but maybe this could be purposefully exaggerated so it pulses instead of blinks. Wonder if it would be as effective though.
- TheRealHB 3y agoI've changed the LED to pulse at early interactions, blinking was too crude indeed.