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You know what helps me focus? Not messing around with half a dozen apps intended to make me more productive.

• cloudhead 17y ago
  damn right — this is nearing the ridicule, people should stop thinking some app is the answer to productivity, and get on with the actual production.
• jawngee 17y ago
  Huh? When I'm uberproductive I have, at least, these things running: * iTerm (3+ windows) * TextMate (Multiple windows) * Eclipse or XCode * Safari (Multiple windows) * Firefox (Multiple windows) * AquaMate Studio (Multiple windows) * Charles * iTunes * Photoshop * Finder (Multiple windows) If you hesitate when navigating the flow, it's easy to get lost. It gets even worse when you are using a lot of java apps because they always seem to refocus when you tab back to them, which can throw your flow for a loop. By turning on OS X's Single App Mode, that hasn't happened to me yet. I definitely noticed an increase in focus. I am happy for you that you are able to be so focused, but one size does not fit all.
  • johnnybgoode 17y ago
    What's AquaMate Studio?
    • jawngee 17y ago
      Sorry, I meant Aqua Data Studio. It's a pretty good general purpose SQL query tool (the best I've found for PostgreSQL anyways). http://aquadatastudio.com/ http://aquadatastudio.com/
      • johnnybgoode 17y ago
        Got it, thanks.
  • Luyt 17y ago
    Thanks for pointing me to Single App Mode, I didn't know that it existed. So I learn something new every day! (Espacially from reading HN ;-) To enable Single app mode: defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool true killall Dock