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Be mindful while working - A Pomodoro timer and website blocker to help you stay focused

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Hey, Product Hunt! It's been a while since I launched anything on Product Hunt. I've been wanting to scratch the itch of launching something again for the past few months now. And here I am, launching a new product. I've been working on this for the past few weeks on and off during my spare time. About the Product I usually get distracted a lot while working or doing anything in general and I wanted to do something about it. So I made a Pomodoro timer and a website blocker to help me stay mindful about the actions I take. The chrome extension is called Otto and it's here to help you. Otto introduces a simple point-based reward system, in this case, its health points. Every time you visit a blocked website while you are working, Otto's health depletes. And every time you complete a session successfully, Otto regains health. The idea behind the gamified system is to make work a bit more fun and also to remind you every action has a price. Features - Work/Break timer - Block sites - Point-based reward system - Insights (soon) I've got a few more features on the roadmap, I'll update this post when they're live. Found bugs? DM me on Twitter ()
congrats ! Cool concept , the Otto reminds me of tamogotchi but based on internet behaviour
Maker
thanks Graeme! I got the idea for this from an extension called tabagotchi. Same concept of health points but its for the number of tabs opened
oh I hadn’t heard of that one! Using Otto now - will it have an api? hahah .. I think that’s my #1 question for all products 😅 ..with api we can make ottos battle like Pokemon ?
Maker
Hahaha like a global otto championship!! No API tho, don't know how it would benefit anyone. Altho i'm thinking about a todoist integration since I've been using todoist and Otto + todoist would work well together, nothing is certain for now.
yeah better to spend time on useful things!
Looks good, nice timer! Is it worth waiting for Safari version?
Maker
Hey Ivan! I'm not really familiar with safaris api so no :)
anyway I wish your product huge growth to expand platform for Safari, hah :)
Beautiful product Ben. Kudos! Where did you get the illustrations? They're awesome! :)
Maker
thank you! I made them :)
This is what I need!
Maker
Thank you! Do let me know what you think :) I'll be adding new features soon
Directly downloaded really really nice! congrats on great launch!
Maker
Thank you so much Navid! :)
this is beautiful ben, i love it!
Maker
thank you Alfonso! :)
Website looks super cute & product looks useful .. Will definitely use it !!! Congrats
Maker
thank you Piyush! :D
I gave up on using Pomodoro timer mainly because of the lack of good UX. This changed my mind. Thank you for making this. 🙌 Is there any place where I can provide feedback?
Maker
Hi Karthik, thank you for the kind words! You can DM me on twitter since I'm mostly active over there :)
I just tried it for a 55 min work session, it works so well and it's so easy to use. The illustrations & animations are cute af. Great great job Ben! ✨
Maker
thank you so much Clo! <3 :D
I love the idea and looking forward to use it, but are you planning to add support for firefox ? ?makers
Maker
Thank you! There seems to be some interest in the ff extension, I'll see if more people want it and then decide if I want to support firefox :)
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