Readability is a web and mobile app that zaps online clutter and saves web articles in a comfortable reading view.

https://www.readability.com/



"It's a program I ocassionally use to temporarily keep myself from being able to visit Facebook (and other distractions alike)... it blocks access completely and irrevocably for an amount of time set by you. "
http://visitsteve.com/made/selfcontrol/



OmmWriter is a simple text processor that firmly believes in making writing a pleasure once again, vindicating the close relationship between writer and paper. The more intimate the relation, the smoother the flow of inspiration.

http://www.ommwriter.com/



"Every bad habit has a good alternative. Instead of devising a system for punishing for indulging in the bad I'm simply rewarding the good alternatives."

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detai...dikmidlgca




Chrome Nanny is a Chrome extension which can keep your browsing habits in check. Do you spend more time on facebook than on work ? Do you spend time more time in Google Reader or Digg or Hacker News or youtube watching kittens and later wished you had not spent as much time ? Do you want to know how much you spent on Flickr ? If so , Chrome Nanny is for you.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detai...ofpplhmcmn#




RescueTime sits in the background and measures which site is in focus and for how long. It automatically stops measuring if your mouse and keyboard aren’t used for 2 minutes or more. It also allows you to manually stop measuring via a “pause” button. We show you your total Chrome time, what percent of your browsing is “productive”, and how your browsing productivity compared to hundreds of thousands of users across the world.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detai...fgolafbiej


Anything better for speed than the usual timebox timer?

jettyke Wrote:It's a program I ocassionally use to temporarily keep myself from being able to visit Facebook (and other distractions alike)... it blocks access completely and irrevocably for an amount of time set by you.
http://visitsteve.com/made/selfcontrol/

leechblock is a firefox plugin that does the same... should prob use it now actually :$

caivano Wrote:

jettyke Wrote:It's a program I ocassionally use to temporarily keep myself from being able to visit Facebook (and other distractions alike)... it blocks access completely and irrevocably for an amount of time set by you.
http://visitsteve.com/made/selfcontrol/

leechblock is a firefox plugin that does the same... should prob use it now actually :$

Difference is, you can't change the stuff you do with this after you decide. Even a restart or uninstall wont work.

leechblock works for me, it's easy enough for me to get round it by using safari, but when I turn it on I'm committing to working for x minutes, which is enough to keep me from getting distracted.

Simplenote + Notational Velocity.

Clean text editing, synced between all your devices.

http://imtranslator.net/translate-and-speak/ (Reading aloud articles in the background while you work.)

http://www.shvoong.com/summarizer/ (Summarizes text so you can just get the main points.)

Read Later Fast (Firefox Add-on).

http://they.misled.us/dark-room (Dark Room is also really cool.)

jettyke Wrote:Readability is a web and mobile app that zaps online clutter and saves web articles in a comfortable reading view.

https://www.readability.com/

Damn it's such a good thing. I've been trying it out and it is so good for reading Japanese. Makes reading a pleasure and the font look beautiful.

How text looks: https://www.readability.com/articles/7xjzeg4l

Merlin Mann's Back to Work podcast has some interesting ideas on productivity, it's more to do with the underlying issues that affect productivity rather than 'hacks.'

http://5by5.tv/b2w

man readability is the best thing that i have ever used. I've been on it for the past 2 weeks. No one at work can tell I'm reading articles bahhahaha

Thanks

http://www.rescuetime.com/

Tracks how much time you're spending on websites and using programs. Useful to see how much time is going being spent on facebook, anki, here etc.