I have enabled the procrastination settings for HN over the past week and love it. It keeps me focused when I am logged in and keeps me from coming back to waste time.<p>I would love programs that are similar, especially for email (I use Apple Mail) or Reddit & Digg. Any suggestions?
I've been a big fan of Concentrap <a href="http://getconcentrating.com" rel="nofollow">http://getconcentrating.com</a> It lets you set periods of time where you'll be focusing on a certain task, and lets you perform actions when you start and end that period.<p>For example, when you start a "Work" concentration period of say, 50 minutes, you can have it block a list of domains (HN, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, whatever you choose), have it quit your IM apps, and launch your Text editor, for example. It's a wonderful and effective app.