Instant Boss
Submitted by Earok on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 00:00Since starting contract work from home, I have been really enjoying my freedom to start and stop whenever I please - especially since my midcity apartment offers quick access to most of the places I like to go. At first though, I did have a serious problem with managing the blocks of time that I worked in.
Now, 96 minutes is the length of time I work for in a continuous block.
Why? Two reasons. One is that I have seen the suggestion around that humans begin to massively lose concentration after working 90 minutes straight (I am not sure if that theory has been objectively tested by any means, but subjectively at least it 'feels' about right).
The second is that five blocks of 96 minutes add up to eight hours, my complete day at work.
Instant Boss is a tool I discovered via LifeHacker that manages my work day. It's ultra light weight and works brilliantly. Just set the number of sessions, length of work time and length of break time, and you're all set. You can pause the timer whenever you want to, and also skip breaks if you'd like.
It has really helped me work without worrying about tracking time, I definitely recommend it to anyone working their own hours.
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Interesting app maybe integrate it with your mobile? :P Working at home.. Envious. However I can't as I share my place with my parents. :S
I have no desire to program for Windows Mobile 6.5 =P though work has loaned me an Android..
Even if you share your place with your parents (Or are they sharing it with you? ;) ) why does that mean you can't work at home?
I developed an app for android. It by no means is impressive:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WGMP2AF6
I have been meaning to do some actual development. But haven't gotten around to it. I might try some Windows Mobile Development at some stage. I DO have an (old) Windows.
Hahaha, I see you've improved the Hello World app by including a checkbox, too :P
Android development, I haven't really started a project from scratch per-se, but I have done some hacking to some apps work developed. Also, I've compiled WitchBlaster for Android (written in Monkey) but it runs too slow to be playable.
Actually I thought a little bit about Windows Mobile 6.5 dev, I'm actually really happy with my cheap Acer phone (Especially since I've installed Opera Mobile) but the only thing that really sucks is there's no client for SimpleNote.
Share the APK with me. I have a Samsung Galaxy S. It should have enough power to run it decently I believe. :)
Yeah. You should see some of the innovations happening to Hello world! :P
Which model phone?
I believe it's an Acer Betouch 101.
I doubt the game will run fast on any Android (I've even tried VirtualBox with Android x86) but if you insist - http://earok.net/m.apk also you'll have serious issues if your resolution is either less than or more than 640x480 ;)