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Tools I use: StayFocusd Chrome Extension, Productivity Enhancer

October 1, 2013 By Bobby Voicu 7 Comments

StayFocusd

I am pretty good at focusing on the job at hand, most of the time. Unfortunately, though, I still have websites that I shouldn’t visit that I do visit (some of them way too often, and they are almost imprinted in the muscle memory).

In order to solve this issue I use on all my computers StayFocusd (on Chrome). It is an extension that allows you to block specific websites for a while (or even forever) and it syncs between multiple Chrome installs on different computers. I actually have some sites that I will be able to read in 13241. Soon…

The extension is pretty simple to use: you have a list of blocked sites, of allowed sites and you can use either to block all but the allowed ones, to allow all but the blocked ones or to block all :D I actually did this by mistake and I had to uninstall the extension, since Chrome considers the extension options as being another website – albeit local, not world wide web (this is the way Chrome is built).

If you have bad self-control with the websites that you read, I think StayFocusd is a good option for you to try.

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  1. Vlad Nastasiu says

    October 1, 2013 at 10:57 pm

    I used to have the same browser focus problem :)
    Before becoming an avid Chrome user, I tracked down the two websites that ate most of my browser time: Facebook and Twitter, so I cleared the cookies for both of them and If I wanted to use the sites I had to login every time; that made me use them a bit less. After a while Facebook added two step sign-in so I forced myself into logging in with the password and the mobile generated code every time and that made me use Facebook even less.

    But one good thing I discovered after using Chrome a lot is that you can add multiple users. So I gave up all the hassle with logging in every time, I set up a work-mode account and kept only that account open when I was coding.
    It took a bit at first as I googled a lot of code, plugins and stackoverflow from the main account, so google was already accustomed with my habbits, but eventually it caught up.

    About multiple users in Chrome: here and here.

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    • Bobby Voicu says

      October 2, 2013 at 6:47 am

      Nice work flow! Didn’t know about the multiple users for Chrome, but it’s something worth using.

      Reply
  2. Oliver says

    October 2, 2013 at 9:19 am

    ‘Mindful Browsing’ is the equivalent extension for Safari. It works really well.

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    • Bobby Voicu says

      October 2, 2013 at 11:54 am

      Thanks a lot, Oliver! :)

      Reply
  3. Şerban Stănescu says

    October 2, 2013 at 4:42 pm

    Hi, Bobby!
    Thanks for sharing!
    I think the tool is nice and might even help improve proficiency, depending on the goals.
    I have developped myself a tool called “WebInfoMan”, way back in 2004 and it allows me to build a database with sites, add PR, a short review (or long :) , up to 3MB ASCII text) and add a rating. So, when I need something, I search inside the database. On search engines, wether I find it useful or :( , I add an entry. Pretty simple. The browser already sucks some 500 MB of RAM o adding gadgets, is quite out of hand for me, since I only have 4 GB.

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    • Bobby Voicu says

      October 2, 2013 at 5:16 pm

      It sounds as a pretty good tool for bookmarking :)

      Reply
      • Şerban Stănescu says

        October 2, 2013 at 6:07 pm

        Your guess is right! :)
        Initially, all I wanted was to have links to sites on my computer and the ability to launch whatever site I need clicking a button. Than the project evolved since my needs also did…
        I think I have a screenshot somewhere on FB, or my blog…
        Yeah… Here it is:

        WebInfoMan
        (standing for Web Information Manager)

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