Re:New Feature: get kicked off News.YC on demand
by e1ven on Wednesday November 07, 2007 @05:33PM
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Interesting feature.. I think this falls under the heading of Keeping Honest people Honest.
Of course it's easy to get around. Log in anonymously, or use a proxy, or any number of other things- The point as I understand it isn't to hold you iron-fisted to the whims you had when you set it up, but more to act as a gentle reminder.
"Hey, it's been 2 hours already. Stop wasting time on news.yc, and get back to work"
There have been some similar program that extend the concept, and read the title of the browser window to let you graph your productive time. I can't find any at the moment, though.. There's certainly a lot that could be done in that area. Maybe someone will apply for a Fall 07 YC to track productivity effectively.
On thinking about it, I was reminded of this link from MyDreamApp (A contest to pitch apps for the Mac)
Of course it's easy to get around. Log in anonymously, or use a proxy, or any number of other things- The point as I understand it isn't to hold you iron-fisted to the whims you had when you set it up, but more to act as a gentle reminder.
"Hey, it's been 2 hours already. Stop wasting time on news.yc, and get back to work"
There have been some similar program that extend the concept, and read the title of the browser window to let you graph your productive time. I can't find any at the moment, though.. There's certainly a lot that could be done in that area. Maybe someone will apply for a Fall 07 YC to track productivity effectively.
On thinking about it, I was reminded of this link from MyDreamApp (A contest to pitch apps for the Mac)
http://mydreamapp.com/contestants/view/danlundmark/