Hello Product Hunt, and thanks to @bramk for hunting!
I have to confess I'm addicted to checking my email, and texts and Facebook. I actually noticed that most of my friends or folks I don't even know that well are in the same boat.
It’s the impulse to check a message notification. It’s the pull to visit YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter for just a few minutes, only to find yourself still scrolling an hour later… as @nireyal and @rrhoover wrote in the introduction of their book Hooked - How to build habit-forming products.
I built FindFocus to help myself and others actually do work during work hours.A desktop app that supports customizable blocking of social profiles to create productive routines. (No more cheating on your chrome extension by switching your browser. Sorry @hialexlam).
FindFocus helps you stop procrastinating while using your Mac and so you can replace bad online habits with highly productive ones.
What’s different about FindFocus:
- Delay Discounter: Want to break your habit of checking emails every few minutes? Just block yourself from gmail and your local email client. You can unlock every time but have to wait 5 minutes (or whatever time you like)
- Independent “blocking profiles” (Unlock your email client but Facebook and ProductHunt stays blocked until your lunch break)
- 6 different unlock options with various difficulty to match the protection with the addictiveness of the sites and services you use.
- Pomodoro timer: Create a sequence of profiles and start it anytime
- Break Enforcer: Force yourself to take more breaks during the day. You can use use the unlock options to “protect your break” when you want to postpone it or force yourself to take a break.
Over the last 9 month, we have built every feature into the app that we could think of to keep you on track and make you more productive. We are incredibly excited (and nervous 😳) about this version - and want to make sure it’s perfect for you.
SO… I'M CURIOUS - what are you addicted to when it comes to tech, email, texts or social media? Where do you procrastinate? Just curious. Comment below.
I just want to stack all the addictions I have vs. everyone else! Haha.
P.S. Would love any feedback you have on the app, thanks for checking us out! 😍
FindFocus