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by taylorjacobson 6y ago
This is exactly what Focusmate does (founder here). If you check it out I'd love to know what you think!
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by taylorjacobson 7y ago
wow, love the honesty of some of these, killer compilation really liked this --> "From the start, I was aware that I was taking on a huge project that other companies have devoted entire teams to, but I chose to look at it as more o
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by taylorjacobson 7y ago
Great feedback, thank you. We're still learning how to use our email tool optimally, and we have some fixes to implement, which will help reduce/elimiate the confusion you're talking about. Over time we can also integrate mor
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by taylorjacobson 7y ago
Hi! Thanks for your questions. We have many users who use it in public or semi-public places. You are only interacting with your Focusmate at the start and end, and that for just 30 seconds or so to say hello and share what you're comm
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by taylorjacobson 7y ago
How it works: you and another user video-conference for 50-minutes to hold each other accountable and keep each other company. Focusmate makes it easy to find a partner 24/7/365.
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by taylorjacobson 7y ago
Taylor here. I welcome your feedback on how we do email campaigns.
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by taylorjacobson 7y ago
Hi, got your tweet/email, chat soon!
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by taylorjacobson 7y ago
Is working at a coffee shop "surveillance"? The experience on Focusmate is akin to working with a buddy at a library or cafe. As far as pre-commitment: I think you've got your behavioral triggers mixed up. Wikipedia has a goo
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by taylorjacobson 7y ago
Hi! Founder here. See my comment above on the reasons why we haven't published a pricing page yet. We just started charging, and will add a pricing page soon. BTW we could charge 10X what we do. The reason for the $5 price is that we&#
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by taylorjacobson 7y ago
Founder of Focusmate here. I'm sorry to hear the effect that not having a pricing page has had on you. Thanks for sharing your feedback. A few thoughts: 1) Focusmate IS free to use 3 times per week. Most of our users are on the free pl
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by taylorjacobson 8y ago
Hi HN, Working solo can be liberating, but it is also hard. I’ve been working from home for 7 years, and let’s just say it’s been a long and winding journey The big change for me happened when I started working with an accountability partne
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Show HN: Focusmate – Distraction-free productivity via virtual coworking(focusmate.com)
3 points by taylorjacobson 8y ago|2 comments
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by taylorjacobson 8y ago
The combo is a great idea. As a founder who has contemplated both paths, pure equity would be a potential deterrent because it could require a level of dilution that might make it harder to raise capital later on. But that could be tempered
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by taylorjacobson 8y ago
Agreed. In my experience, the core challenge with most tasks is just that we don't spend enough time working on them. I can easily ignore a bot nagging me, and eventually just turn it off. The best solution for me is real-time accounta
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by taylorjacobson 8y ago
Haha I built this, it's called Focusmate [1]. Having an accountability partner is one of the only things that can almost guaranteed get me moving. [1] https://www.focusmate.com
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by taylorjacobson 8y ago
I think we also have to be willing to push back. Answering emails provides a nice dopamine hit (check something off + people-pleasing), so it's both cultural and internal. One of the ways I've been most successful blocking out tim
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by taylorjacobson 8y ago
For me many of these techniques can be bundled by doing virtual coworking sessions with an accountability partner. I'm able to block off big chunks of time, I'm accountable to show up, I am forced to set meaningful intentions at f
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by taylorjacobson 9y ago
Focusmate is a middle ground of sorts - social but without leaving home. https://www.focusmate.com/ The core of the UX is the Focusmate session, a structured, 50-minute video interaction, where you and another user act as a
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by taylorjacobson 9y ago
Practice. I repeat versions of these mantras in my head:' - Always do your best work - It's not done until it's done 100% I also find it's helpful to chunk things down so that I can bite off a smaller piece without wan