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SEEKING WORK - REMOTE I build beautiful iOS and Mac apps (among other things). Here's my latest: http://www.heyfocus.com/ I open sourced it at…

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Comments
2010	2010-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	2
2011	2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2012	2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2013	2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2014	2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	6	6

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tobylane·Dec 15, 2014

These things usually edit the HOSTS file, but this one proxies everything (including non-browser and https). http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/edit-hosts-file-mac-os-x/ (or sudo nano /private/etc/hosts) https://github.com/bradjasper/focus

In Focus – Steal back your productivity

leviathan·Dec 15, 2014

The application itself does seem to be open source https://github.com/bradjasper/Focus

In Focus – Steal back your productivity

rgawdzik·Dec 15, 2014

So how does licensing work considering it's on github? https://github.com/bradjasper/Focus

In Focus – Steal back your productivity

Jasber·Feb 11, 2014

This is a small Mac app I made that helps me stay off Hacker News :). It's a menu-bar app that with 1-click blocks certain websites. If you're interested I did a little write-up here: http://bradjasper.com/blog/case-study-focus/ Also open-sourced it: https://github.com/bradjasper/focus

In Show HN: Steal back your productivity

Jasber·Feb 1, 2014Recommendation phrase

SEEKING WORK - REMOTE I build beautiful iOS and Mac apps (among other things). Here's my latest: http://www.heyfocus.com/ I open sourced it at https://github.com/bradjasper/focus I wrote a case study on it at http://bradjasper.com/focus.html Another recent open-source project I made was a way to find patterns from SubtlePatterns that did really well here on HN: http://bradjasper.com/subtle-patterns-bookmarklet/ Here are some common questions I get about consulting: http://bradjasper.com/hire.html I really love working with smart & creative people—if you care a lot about building good products, services and experiences, I'd love to talk to you. GitHub: https://github.com/bradjasper/ Email: contact@bradjasper.com

In Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2014)

Jasber·Jan 26, 2014

Yea, I use my latest side project which is an OS X menu bar app that blocks distracting websites (like HN): http://www.heyfocus.com/ I don't think it's a "need" but I do enjoy using it and built it because it's something I wanted. If you're interested I just did a write-up on it http://bradjasper.com/focus.html and open-sourced it http://github.com/bradjasper/focus My goal lately is to try and find stuff that I like building and that has a market—not having to pick either or.

In Poll: Do you actually use the product you are working on?

Jasber·Nov 12, 2010

I run into this problem and my solution has been to block distracting sites. This gets me 90% of the value of being offline without taking required APIs offline. I wrote this to help: https://github.com/bradjasper/focus

In To code quickly, you must quit coding

Jasber·May 3, 2010

I accomplish this with a simple Python script: http://github.com/bradjasper/focus I felt guilty writing a script to stop from procrastinating, but it has actually helped tremendously.

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