I build products to get "unplugged" from the internet(getunplugged.io)
getunplugged.io
I build products to get "unplugged" from the internet
https://getunplugged.io/I-build-products-to-get-unplugged
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"We tend to be more scared of the emotions/feelings we might might experience rather than what would cause them"
You nailed it. Keeping it private allows the fear to grow, but shipping it makes it just a "thing" in the world. Here's my first prototype: https://seton.run
It's a very simple Pomodoro-ish timer, but designed to visualize your accumulated effort. Seeing the concrete data of "time spent" creates a positive feedback loop that helps me stick to the finish line.
I'll check out your list. It seems we are exploring the same problem space.
You nailed it. Keeping it private allows the fear to grow, but shipping it makes it just a "thing" in the world. Here's my first prototype: https://seton.run
It's a very simple Pomodoro-ish timer, but designed to visualize your accumulated effort. Seeing the concrete data of "time spent" creates a positive feedback loop that helps me stick to the finish line.
I'll check out your list. It seems we are exploring the same problem space.
I clicked in the hope I could read more about these products for unplugging...
Since I can't read about any unplugging products I'll tell you about one of mine. It's a bicycle caravan. You put it behind your bicycle, then you cycle to the forest, there you pop it up. You can relax in nature, unplug a little, and even make coffee or pancakes on the portable stove.
Want to know more? Take a look at https://www.theredpanther.org
Since I can't read about any unplugging products I'll tell you about one of mine. It's a bicycle caravan. You put it behind your bicycle, then you cycle to the forest, there you pop it up. You can relax in nature, unplug a little, and even make coffee or pancakes on the portable stove.
Want to know more? Take a look at https://www.theredpanther.org
Im working at it from another angle, I live in a rural area, just cam in from putting the horse in her stall while we serinaded by a pack of coyotes in there full glorious madness, but there is no money out here, no nothing except even wilder stuff in walking distance, but now there is cellular internet, and the ability to sell my skills, and even buy stuff on line, and get good enough weather information to plan outdoor work and travel.
But it's making money as an indipendent small business owner on line,that is for me
making the off line, off the grid, off the radar life possible.
So the idea is carry a coyote whacking stick when I am in the woods, and plug in to optimise whatever advatage I can gain* from the truely vast market online.
* a customer told me that when they asked grok where to get a custom shower curtain hanger, it sent them to me, through what must be a result of LLM's realy and actualy eating everything everybody says making the whole idea of bieng unplugged or plugged in sort of the same.
* a customer told me that when they asked grok where to get a custom shower curtain hanger, it sent them to me, through what must be a result of LLM's realy and actualy eating everything everybody says making the whole idea of bieng unplugged or plugged in sort of the same.
"making the whole idea of bieng unplugged or plugged in sort of the same."
That is profound. We need to be deeply plugged into society (or the economy), in order to have the freedom to get unplugged.
That is profound. We need to be deeply plugged into society (or the economy), in order to have the freedom to get unplugged.
I completely get where this person is coming from (being interested in lots of things, diving down rabbit holes and then losing passion and moving onto the next interesting thing).
It feels like minimising distractions is one piece of the puzzle, but the other is having something that is going to help you to stay focussed and complete the goal/task that is right in front of you.
It feels like minimising distractions is one piece of the puzzle, but the other is having something that is going to help you to stay focussed and complete the goal/task that is right in front of you.
Spot on. Minimizing distractions is just one side of the coin. The other is maintaining momentum on the single task at hand.
That is actually the specific problem I'm trying to solve with my first prototype: https://seton.run
It's a very simple Pomodoro-ish timer, but designed to visualize your accumulated effort. Seeing the concrete data of "time spent" creates a positive feedback loop that helps me stick to the finish line.
That is actually the specific problem I'm trying to solve with my first prototype: https://seton.run
It's a very simple Pomodoro-ish timer, but designed to visualize your accumulated effort. Seeing the concrete data of "time spent" creates a positive feedback loop that helps me stick to the finish line.
We must stop pretending that we can implement restrictions that will keep us from becoming unfocused. You can delete your account, but you can always recreate it. You can add facebook.com to your etc hosts file, but then you can always re-edit that file to allow those domains. Focus is a mental discipline. The only way to focus is to focus on focusing.
You're right. We can always bypass a block if we try.
That is exactly why I'm exploring other approaches. Since willpower is a finite resource, I believe tools can help us preserve it without relying on brute-force restrictions.
That is exactly why I'm exploring other approaches. Since willpower is a finite resource, I believe tools can help us preserve it without relying on brute-force restrictions.
This isn't a product, but on the topic of unplugging, we decided to replace our TV with a bookshelf. One of the best results of this decision was it allowed us to rearrange the living room in such a way that wasn't focused on the TV and was instead focused on being social.
I call it the “TV altar” when the whole living room is set up to face the TV. People don’t like that
Brilliant term. I actually don't have a TV in my apartment either, which is also uncommon here in Japan. My son makes lots of noise in any case.
I relate a lot to OP. I wish there was an RSS feed so I can follow their blogs.
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With doom scrolling for the comments. And cat pictures.
You got it. https://getunplugged.io/rss
No doom scrolling though (Might consider the cats later )
No doom scrolling though (Might consider the cats later )
I maintain a list of projects I made for my own well-being: https://untested.sonnet.io/notes/projects-and-apps-i-built-f...