Otto

Be mindful while working

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Be mindful while working - A Pomodoro timer and website blocker to help you stay focused
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Joel Benjamin
Hey, Product Hunt! It's been a while since I launched anything on Product Hunt. I've been wanting to scratch the itch of launching something again for the past few months now. And here I am, launching a new product. I've been working on this for the past few weeks on and off during my spare time. About the Product I usually get distracted a lot while working or doing anything in general and I wanted to do something about it. So I made a Pomodoro timer and a website blocker to help me stay mindful about the actions I take. The chrome extension is called Otto and it's here to help you. Otto introduces a simple point-based reward system, in this case, its health points. Every time you visit a blocked website while you are working, Otto's health depletes. And every time you complete a session successfully, Otto regains health. The idea behind the gamified system is to make work a bit more fun and also to remind you every action has a price. Features - Work/Break timer - Block sites - Point-based reward system - Insights (soon) I've got a few more features on the roadmap, I'll update this post when they're live. Found bugs? DM me on Twitter (@iamnottheway)
Graeme
@iamnottheway @harowitzblack congrats ! Cool concept , the Otto reminds me of tamogotchi but based on internet behaviour
Joel Benjamin
@iamnottheway @harowitzblack @graeme_fulton thanks Graeme! I got the idea for this from an extension called tabagotchi. Same concept of health points but its for the number of tabs opened
Graeme
@iamnottheway @harowitzblack @graeme_fulton oh I hadn’t heard of that one! Using Otto now - will it have an api? hahah .. I think that’s my #1 question for all products 😅 ..with api we can make ottos battle like Pokemon ?
Joel Benjamin
@iamnottheway @harowitzblack @graeme_fulton Hahaha like a global otto championship!! No API tho, don't know how it would benefit anyone. Altho i'm thinking about a todoist integration since I've been using todoist and Otto + todoist would work well together, nothing is certain for now.
Graeme
@iamnottheway @harowitzblack @graeme_fulton yeah better to spend time on useful things!
Ivan Zenkovich
Looks good, nice timer! Is it worth waiting for Safari version?
Joel Benjamin
@ivan_zenkovich Hey Ivan! I'm not really familiar with safaris api so no :)
Ivan Zenkovich
@harowitzblack anyway I wish your product huge growth to expand platform for Safari, hah :)
Akhil Patel
Beautiful product Ben. Kudos! Where did you get the illustrations? They're awesome! :)
Joel Benjamin
@akhilpatel_7 thank you! I made them :)