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I also recommend using a program like Self Control[1] to blacklist distracting websites for really bad cases where you're not consciously opening a distracting website because it has become muscle memory.

In addition to using Self Control, I also like to run a small local web server to display a page like http://phylab.mtu.edu/~nckelley/Focus/ whenever I try to visit a distracting website.

I plan on experimenting with some negative reinforcement by building an Arduino device that shocks me whenever I visit a distracting website when I should be working :D.

[1]

Mac: http://visitsteve.com/made/selfcontrol/

Linux: http://svn.jklmnop.net/projects/SelfControl.html

parent seancron 15 years ago

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