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1 HN user recommended this in 2016, in 2 comments.
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Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
1 HN user recommended this in 2016, in 2 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
What kind of distractions are you facing? The frequent visits to HN/Reddit? Or hearing your coworkers' chatter in the background? What are your expectations for what a distraction-free day should feel like?
FWIW, I've been using the Qbserve [0] time-tracking app. Even on a day like this, where I got in at around 6:30 AM and felt like I'd been writing code and documentation non-stop, it shows that I've only spent 5.5 hours (out of about 9 hours at work) on "productive" tasks (Sublime Text + Terminal + spreadsheets). I feel pretty drained, but I've apparently had about 3.5 hours of downtime.
If you don't already have headphones, get a pair, though that seems like obvious advice. I have some pretty good traditional headphones but I've found it useful to occasionally switch to wireless bluetooth ones that don't have the weight of a full set of headphones [1]
[0] Show HN: Qbserve https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11778077
[1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GDIUA8Y/
Well, for anyone else who like me can't get the Apple earbuds to stay in my fucked up ear (cauliflower ear, from wrestling), I bought these Bluetooth earbuds a month ago and now use them all the time: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GDIUA8Y/
At $45 they're not the cheapest but they've got pretty good sound quality and work well from a physical standpoint