Hours Reviews

Google Wellbeing Reviews

Hours mentions (9)

• Group Pomodoro where you write aim & result?

  There are Discord servers that do group pomodoros, or websites like hours.zone, but these tend to focus on general to-do lists rather than goals for each pomodoro session. Source: about 2 years ago

• Looking for friendly & supportive morning work session buddy

  I like hours.zone because we can see what each other is working on. I break up my work into lots of tiny tasks and aim to clear the whole list before the session ends, so it's a bit like a game. Source: about 2 years ago

• 21F, engineering student. Can't get myself up from bed and study. Timezone: GMT +6

  Thanks to your post, I know of hours.zone now. I have made an account. All the best everybody who is reading this! Source: over 2 years ago

• 21F, engineering student. Can't get myself up from bed and study. Timezone: GMT +6

  I'm serious about this and would do anything to make this buddy thing work. We can check on each other at a fixed time every day and virtually study at Hours.zone. Source: over 2 years ago

• Time lapse of some assignment prep in bed!

  - I use a website called Hours with friends so we can hold each other accountable. The time lapse trick is one too - I took this video specifically because I was struggling to focus - because I don't want my time lapses to be of me wandering off onto Reddit when I should be studying. This post was part of my accountability for myself :-). Source: over 2 years ago

Google Wellbeing mentions (4)

• How can I get a hold of my reddit/twitch addiction?

  The Digital well being app really restricts your app use once you set it in the app's "focus mode" function. Try this too. Source: about 1 year ago

• Leaving iPhone for Samsung Galaxy for minimalism and mental health reasons

  Yes it is called Digital wellbeing. You can set app timers, screen time goals, and focus mode. Per checking there is also Focus, Scheduled summary and app limits on IOS. Source: over 2 years ago

• Google boss: The free and open internet is under attack

  > It's all about which company can screw the other out of engagement and eyeballs. You could argue that Apple is acquiring users who they then lock in, sell to advertisers and developers (for a 30% cut on the App store) and monetize with service subscriptions, but you can also argue that half of Apple's profit is still from hardware sales, and apps and services are a big reason for buying that hardware. And Google... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Any advice on managing phone use?

  If you have an Android phone think about installing some of Google's wellness apps -. https://wellbeing.google/. Source: about 3 years ago