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A ritual app for ending the work day inspired by Deep Work

Shown by skidding on Oct 30, 2018. Click the card to turn it over.

263points

56comments

#112of 2,155 in 2018

Top 6%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

9 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score +0.38.

Idea: 6 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against

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Useful shutdown ritual idea
From 2 comments
- The book is worth a read. Don’t forget about your local library! The end-of-day shutdown is just that. You put your work day in order, you make sure your papers are tidy, you…
  jen729w on HN
- I agree that Deep Work is worth a read. Quite a few meaningful ideas in quite few pages. The end-of-day shutdown is one of the ideas that stuck in me. After a workday my mind is…
  spappal on HN
Nicely designed app
From 1 comment
- The book is worth a read. Don’t forget about your local library! The end-of-day shutdown is just that. You put your work day in order, you make sure your papers are tidy, you…
  jen729w on HN

Animations are janky, especially on Firefox
From 1 comment
- How are the animations done? They are pretty janky and horrible on Firefox 63, so I am guessing they are not using normal CSS animations? I've not used react or react-native so…
  mattlondon on HN
Start button did not work on Chrome
From 1 comment
- Hmm, nothing seems to happen when I press the Start button. Windows 10, Google Chrome Version 70.0.3538.77 (Official Build) (64-bit) It works on Firefox Quantum though! EDIT: It…
  stevenhuang on HN

Share Deep Work notebook templates
From 2 comments
- If you feel like sharing your notebooks I'd love to see them.
  mathieutd on HN
- Would you be willing to share your notebooks?
  cauthon on HN
Local iOS version
From 1 comment
- I realize that the web version works fine, but I'd love to have a local version for iOS.
  xvector on HN

How are the animations implemented?
From 1 comment
- How are the animations done? They are pretty janky and horrible on Firefox 63, so I am guessing they are not using normal CSS animations? I've not used react or react-native so…
  mattlondon on HN
Plans to monetise?
From 1 comment
- Awesome! Any plans to monetise?
  wprapido on HN

Deep Work notebook method
From 1 comment
- I've printed my own custom notebooks to track my planned vs. actual daily activity in 30 minute blocks, inspired by Deep Work. This would make an excellent companion to that. The…
  jaysonelliot on HN
WorkFlowy
From 1 comment
- Yay! Thanks for including WorkFlowy in this, very cool.
  jessep on HN