khorwitz

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by khorwitz 11y ago
"The point, however, is that as a consequence of noticing when our mind has wandered and then replacing our attention on the breath 10,00 or 100,000 times, we are subtly strengthening our awareness of what is happening in our mind and,
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by khorwitz 11y ago
The science of anti-craving: http://focusr.co
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by khorwitz 11y ago
For a way to use tech to actually increase your focus: http://focusr.co
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by khorwitz 11y ago
There's also a Chrome extension for Focusr: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/focusr/fgdcnfgmneb... This is especially useful because it prevents downward spirals from happening before they begin
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by khorwitz 11y ago
Employers have more information about salaries than employees. This information asymmetry can be problematic for employees who aren't savy enough (or have the time enough..) to find out what a fair-market salary is for their position.
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by khorwitz 11y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox
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by khorwitz 11y ago
Mindfulness for your work: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/focusr/fgdcnfgmneb... Instead of focusing on your (i.e.) your breath, you can practice bringing your focus back to your current task. When
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by khorwitz 11y ago
This is beyond cool. Are there any known side-effects to the sensor?
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by khorwitz 11y ago
Mindfulness for your work: http://focusr.co/ (i.e., instead of being mindful to your breath or some aspect of your environment, you can practice mindfulness by bringing your attention back to your current task).
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by khorwitz 11y ago
I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child. That is partially why I created this webapp: http://focusr.co/ . It helps you focus on one thing at a time, which can be hard enough for people even w/o this diagnosis.
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by khorwitz 11y ago
A tool to help combat distractions like Twitter* and focus on one thing at a time: http://focusr.co . *Although I'm pleased with Twitter's self-awareness here, and I'm not saying there's anything intrinsically
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by khorwitz 11y ago
Shallows is a great book about this and "what the internet does to our brains". This chrome extension is supposed to combat the internet's unquestionable ability to mess with our work focus: https://chrome.google.
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by khorwitz 11y ago
There seems to be a booming market for Slack integrations lately. This is great because Slack just = text, and so building prototypes can be fairly easy. Our product ( http://focusr.co ) actually started purely as a Slack integr
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How to keep your focus throughout the day(producthunt.com)
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The Average Worker Is Only Productive for 3 Hours a Day(ridiculouslyefficient.com)
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by khorwitz 11y ago
Haha, yes. There's this great book called "The Shallows" that talks about how originally people thought the web would increase our depth of learning with deep links to any concept that we didn't grok. But what ended up
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by khorwitz 11y ago
Hacker news viewers get their first month free (type in "HACKERNEWS" as your coupon code at checkout).
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Focus on one thing at a time(focusr.co)
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by khorwitz 11y ago
A useful tool to fight against the modern distraction epidemic: http://focusr.co
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by khorwitz 11y ago
"Does anybody else have this problem? How do you deal with it?" Yes -- it's human nature. All you can do is focus on one thing at a time. If you are focused on what's important, then you are allowed to not feel guilty.
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by khorwitz 11y ago
How fast do you ship products and/or deliverables to the world and to your bosses?
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by khorwitz 11y ago
From the article: "When I look at more senior developers I notice...[they] take multiple short breaks throughout the day and between those breaks they tend to be very focused on the tasks they have to complete . They don’t have their
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How to Focus If You Have ADHD(focusr.co)
1 points by khorwitz 11y ago|1 comments
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A tool to help you focus(focusr.co)
1 points by khorwitz 11y ago|0 comments