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It came down to a fundamental design decision—and after months of hard work, they got a non-answer.

It's super early, but we've already gotten 500 users who are looking to beta test software and we've already started sending out codes.

Our goal is to make it the best platform for developers to get their first 100 users and the best place for users to get early & free access to awesome apps.

If you're interested please sign up either as a user or a developer—we're sending out stuff weekly!

Eventually my goal is to make Focus pretty extensible so you can run your own custom scripts on focus & unfocus. Hope to have some of this out soon.

I think the only way to do this securely is a browser extension which I was planning for a later version.

Should it just let you?

What happens if a client calls or an emergency happens and you need access?

Would love feedback from anyone who wants this feature.

Should be out soon and the app is set to auto-update, so stay tuned :)

If you're interested I did a little write-up here: http://bradjasper.com/blog/case-study-focus/

Also open-sourced it: https://github.com/bradjasper/focus

I build beautiful iOS and Mac apps (among other things). Here's my latest: http://www.heyfocus.com/

I open sourced it at https://github.com/bradjasper/focus

I wrote a case study on it at http://bradjasper.com/focus.html

Another recent open-source project I made was a way to find patterns from SubtlePatterns that did really well here on HN: http://bradjasper.com/subtle-patterns-bookmarklet/

Here are some common questions I get about consulting: http://bradjasper.com/hire.html

I really love working with smart & creative people—if you care a lot about building good products, services and experiences, I'd love to talk to you.

GitHub: https://github.com/bradjasper/

Email: contact@bradjasper.com

I don't think it's a "need" but I do enjoy using it and built it because it's something I wanted.

If you're interested I just did a write-up on it http://bradjasper.com/focus.html and open-sourced it http://github.com/bradjasper/focus

My goal lately is to try and find stuff that I like building and that has a market—not having to pick either or.

For me the most important thing is managing my psychology—keeping myself motivated on a project. So mine are all based around that:

    1. Work (hard) on what you love
    2. Ship
    3. Tell your story
    4. No big projects
    5. Collaborate
    6. Learn how to make money
    7. Be creative
    8. Think long-term
    9. ???
    10. Profit

Full-stack developer with 10+ years of experience building successful projects like http://blogcatalog.com

I don't focus on technology, I focus on solving your business problems and providing as much value as I can. A few examples:

- Increased revenue 30% in 4 months on GoTickets.com by optimizing UX

- Built $100k/year business from scratch with RentACarNow.com in competitive market

- First iOS app I've ever built earns $25k/year in recurring revenue: http://www.perfectpitchpianoapp.com

Looking for someone who understands both tech & business? Get in touch to see if I can help: http://bradjasper.com/

- I hate tracking my time, so the app should make this very easy & compelling to do (dare I say fun?)

- Should work well with lots of different contract types (hourly, daily, weekly, retainer)

- Should earn me more money using best practices (minimum billing increments, etc...)

- Should get me paid faster & with the lowest fees possible (client payment details on file & using ACH or something)

- Should make managing sub-contractors a breeze. Think of managing sub-contractor invoices & time like a pull-request on GitHub.

So I decided I'm going to work on this and try to make something that people will really love using.

If you're interested, get notified when it launches: http://bradjasper.com/timetracker/

Isn't this exactly HBO's business model? They seem to be doing just fine (and I don't think this is because they're an incumbent as much as they make good TV).

I can't speak for bootstrapping a TV network, but I think long-term if you have good content, consumers will jump through hoops to get it.

Quote from Microsoft PR on the change:

As part of our ongoing commitment to continually improve the Skype user experience, we developed supernodes which can be located on dedicated servers within secure datacentres. This has not changed the underlying nature of Skype’s peer-to-peer (P2P) architecture, in which supernodes simply allow users to find one another (calls do not pass through supernodes). We believe this approach has immediate performance, scalability and availability benefits for the hundreds of millions of users that make up the Skype community.

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=9c88dd117c9c12408e...

Just change the username parameter at the end.

> People who manage to struggle through it and create art are doing it despite their disease and not because of it.

While depression can hurt creativity––bi-polar disorder and schizophrenia can actually help it[1].

The discussion has mainly been around depression, but I think the "suffering artist" label can apply to a range of disorders.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity_and_mental_illness

I just wanted to add one field to the user model, but to do that I had to add 100+ lines of code.

I am very happy custom User models are possible now––but for most stuff I'll probably keep using a UserProfile.

Most visitors that use these site don't click through on the affiliate links. The few that do end up paying for the rest.

And those few that click? They use GoDaddy...

I disklike GoDaddy as much as the next guy, but if you're in the domain business you can't ignore them.

(source: I run a similar domain site)