We all get distracted. Being prone to distraction is fundamental to human nature, but over the last couple decades the problem has become much, much worse. And people are more aware of it too. Just take a look at this graph: We are more anxious, we get less done, we miss an opportunity to leave a mark on the world because we are pulled in so many directions all at once....
In this article I will compare how the two chrome extensions: Limit by freedom Watch limits can be used to limit time spent online and help you be more productive! We will go over: What is Limit by freedom? What is watch limits? What are the key similarities? What are the differences? When to choose one over the other? What is Limit by freedom? Limit - set limits for distracting sites - is a free chrome extension that helps you set daily website limits (think timers)....
We all have the same amount of hours in a week, how come some people can get so much more done with it? In the recent poll I made on twitter, ~50% of people said that they spend 7-15+ hours watching video content online per week alone! And they responded via twitter, so they probably spend too much time there as well… How much time do you spend weekly watching online content (youtube, netflix, etc)?...
No one likes to be brutally interrupted while they are watching and relaxing. But, sometimes enough is enough and we need to be stopped from wasting our precious time. Latest update to Watch Limits makes this experience a bit easier. New limit cutoff experience The basic idea is that the extension will first start with a warning, instead of redirecting as soon as you run out of the limit. You can dismiss the warning and keep watching up to a minute while your screen gently dims… or you can stop watching here and there....
Watch Limits browser extension had plenty of improvements last week and here are the highlights: New landing page at watchlimits.com (and this blog) Improvements around privacy (running only on a small number of sites) Better Extension popup Additionally, I’ve been talking with several early customers about their experiences and how the product can be improved and developed in the future. Landing page Landing pages are important, because they are usually the first thing that user sees about your product....