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Show HN: Coffitivity for iOS and OS X

lucaspiller 13y ago
"Coffee shop sounds boost creativity" Is there any science behind this? The reason I find coffee shops less distracting is because there is usually nobody there I know to distract me. At home my housemates distract me, at work my colleagues distract me, in the coffee shop there is no one...
- hangoverhammers 13y ago
  Yes, the science was pulled from a peer reviewed journal: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/665048 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/665048 From the University of Chicago.
rvanniekerk 13y ago
Couldn't it simply be that drinking coffee in coffee shops increases productivity, not the sounds? In all honesty, find a quiet place or get some noise canceling headphones, coffee shops are incredibly distracting.
- publicfig 13y ago
  For you.
- acallwood 13y ago
  The science suggests the sounds increase creativity, specifically. That distracting noise of a coffee shop actually helps abstract thinking.
tomphoolery 13y ago
I love how there's a "growth hacker", as if this is an actual viable business plan! This is kinda like saying "People who go to concerts seem to like the music a lot, so let's start a service where a bunch of drunk people show up at your house when you're listening to music and stand really close to you whilst talking or screaming at the band"
- tomasien 13y ago
  We're all very much part time, but that doesn't mean we don't have distinct roles!
- acallwood 13y ago
  The idea is more that there are elements of a coffee shop that actually help increase creativity, so we built a site that recreates that ambiance for people who can't or don't want to physically go to a coffee shop.
austintaylor 13y ago
OS X
Void_ 13y ago
I really don't think this is about the sound effects. To me, personally, it's about the ritual. You get up, pack up your things, go to school cafeteria, buy a coffee -- same routine, every day. Same thing when I work from home, and it works just as well. Get up, walk to the store to get some fresh food, make a coffee, get to work. Notice how coffee is nothing but part of the ritual -- I couldn't care less about the caffeine, it's just that drinking coffee is in my mind associated with doing work. :-) Funny thing is this. Doing this ritual at a specific time helps a lot. Working from home can be hard with all the internet distractions, but creating a habit of getting to work at 9:00AM works miracles. It even reminds me of the idea in Le Petit Prince, where the fox tells the prince to always show up at 4, so he would start being excited at 3.
- acallwood 13y ago
  We actually get feedback from all over the place saying similar things. I think the reality is sometimes we're in a position where going to a shop is out of the question and something like this is the next best thing. The science says one thing, but I feel like people have connected with the site for plenty of other reasons as well. Part of it is the ritual, part of it is the fact that you feel like you're out of the office, part of it is how well the audio drowns out the guys having a loud convo next to you. Those are the elements that really make Coffitivity interesting. IMO at least.
evilstreak 13y ago
In Safari this page swallows all key presses. Even ⌘+W. Very annoying.
- tomasien 13y ago
  That's actually on my plate for today, I only tested hotkeys on Chrome.
hangoverhammers 13y ago
ADMIN: Can you change OSx to OS X? Thanks!
LGrizz 13y ago
ewwww those margins on the copy...
zyxley 13y ago
This is interesting, but it would be more interesting if the audio had a binaural mode to give a 3D effect for headphones.
jerogarcia 13y ago
i personally find the sound a bit annoying .. I guess the "studies" don't apply to me
felipesabino 13y ago
I don't know why this annoys me, but they still have their JS duplicated on the home page... including their google analytics calls https://twitter.com/felipesabino/status/354407029001027584 https://twitter.com/felipesabino/status/354407029001027584

"Coffee shop sounds boost creativity" Is there any science behind this? The reason I find coffee shops less distracting is because there is usually nobody there I know to distract me. At home my housemates distract me, at work my colleagues distract me, in the coffee shop there is no one...

hangoverhammers 13y ago
Yes, the science was pulled from a peer reviewed journal: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/665048 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/665048 From the University of Chicago.

rvanniekerk 13y ago

Couldn't it simply be that drinking coffee in coffee shops increases productivity, not the sounds? In all honesty, find a quiet place or get some noise canceling headphones, coffee shops are incredibly distracting.

publicfig 13y ago
For you.
acallwood 13y ago
The science suggests the sounds increase creativity, specifically. That distracting noise of a coffee shop actually helps abstract thinking.

tomphoolery 13y ago

I love how there's a "growth hacker", as if this is an actual viable business plan! This is kinda like saying "People who go to concerts seem to like the music a lot, so let's start a service where a bunch of drunk people show up at your house when you're listening to music and stand really close to you whilst talking or screaming at the band"

tomasien 13y ago
We're all very much part time, but that doesn't mean we don't have distinct roles!
acallwood 13y ago
The idea is more that there are elements of a coffee shop that actually help increase creativity, so we built a site that recreates that ambiance for people who can't or don't want to physically go to a coffee shop.

austintaylor 13y ago

OS X

Void_ 13y ago

I really don't think this is about the sound effects. To me, personally, it's about the ritual. You get up, pack up your things, go to school cafeteria, buy a coffee -- same routine, every day. Same thing when I work from home, and it works just as well. Get up, walk to the store to get some fresh food, make a coffee, get to work. Notice how coffee is nothing but part of the ritual -- I couldn't care less about the caffeine, it's just that drinking coffee is in my mind associated with doing work. :-) Funny thing is this. Doing this ritual at a specific time helps a lot. Working from home can be hard with all the internet distractions, but creating a habit of getting to work at 9:00AM works miracles. It even reminds me of the idea in Le Petit Prince, where the fox tells the prince to always show up at 4, so he would start being excited at 3.

acallwood 13y ago
We actually get feedback from all over the place saying similar things. I think the reality is sometimes we're in a position where going to a shop is out of the question and something like this is the next best thing. The science says one thing, but I feel like people have connected with the site for plenty of other reasons as well. Part of it is the ritual, part of it is the fact that you feel like you're out of the office, part of it is how well the audio drowns out the guys having a loud convo next to you. Those are the elements that really make Coffitivity interesting. IMO at least.

evilstreak 13y ago

In Safari this page swallows all key presses. Even ⌘+W. Very annoying.

tomasien 13y ago
That's actually on my plate for today, I only tested hotkeys on Chrome.

hangoverhammers 13y ago

ADMIN: Can you change OSx to OS X? Thanks!

LGrizz 13y ago

ewwww those margins on the copy...

zyxley 13y ago

This is interesting, but it would be more interesting if the audio had a binaural mode to give a 3D effect for headphones.

jerogarcia 13y ago

i personally find the sound a bit annoying .. I guess the "studies" don't apply to me

felipesabino 13y ago

I don't know why this annoys me, but they still have their JS duplicated on the home page... including their google analytics calls https://twitter.com/felipesabino/status/354407029001027584 https://twitter.com/felipesabino/status/354407029001027584