Focus Bear

Focus Bear

Block Distractions. Build Habits. For ADHDers by ADHDers.

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Focus Bear is a productivity and habit app built by a team with ADHD and ASD for people who need better focus. Helps you build better habits through real time habit guidance. Gets you into deep work by blocking distractions across all your devices (desktop and mobile).
This is the 2nd launch from Focus Bear. View more
Late No More

Late No More

Never be late again, built by a team with ADHD
Late No More was ranked #3 of the day for May 29th, 2023
Being late sucks. Most calendar apps don't give notifications that stand out to ADHD brains. Late No More gives notifications that escalate in intensity as it gets closer to the start time. If you ignore the popups, you'll get verbal alerts (or a song).
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Launch tags:
Productivity•Alarms•Calendar
Launch Team

What do you think? …

Jeremy Nagel
Maker
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I built Late No More because being late for meetings was becoming very problematic for me (I got fired from a job because of it). I have ADHD and it’s way too easy for me to see a notification for a calendar appointment, space out and then forget about the meeting for five minutes. Sometimes I hit Dismiss instead of Snooze and never show up to the meeting at all. My experience is that most calendar apps aren’t built for an ADHD brain like mine. I decided to build a Mac app that would help me and hopefully other people show up on time. Late-No-More gives you notifications that make sense. A notification 15 minutes before to remind you to prepare: this one is easy to dismiss A notification 2 minutes before to remind you to actually join the dang meeting - this one is not easy to dismiss ‍ As the time gets closer to the meeting, the notification gets more and more obnoxious. It changes colour and starts playing annoying motivating sound effects. The goal is to get you to join the meeting 2 minutes early. Once you’re in the meeting, the app asks you to set an intention - what do you want to learn/share during this meeting? I’ve gotta admit that not only am I frequently late for meetings, I’m also frequently multitasking/distracting. Reflecting on it, what’s the point of showing up for the meeting if I’m not going to be there mentally as well? I’ve started declining invites to irrelevant meetings with 50 people in them. If the purpose of the meeting is for me to absorb information, I’d rather listen back to the recording at 2x speed. ‍For the meetings that I do choose to attend, I want to give them my full attention: camera on, no other apps, listening intently. That’s really hard for my brain but it’s not impossible. It starts with aligning my motivation: why do I want to show up for the meeting? Hopefully it’s an engaging meeting. If not, that’s ok - I can treat it as an opportunity to train my focus muscle and use the tactics that work for me - clearing distractions from my desk, taking notes and sometimes playing with a fidget toy if I need to (“Busy hands, quiet mind” right?).
Mallory Musallam
@jeremy_nazgul my maan. This sounds awesome. I love that the adhd community is getting more and more love.
Paul Pamfil
Hah, why didn't I had this earlier, this is looking very promising. Congrats!
Louis Cirignano
@paul_pamfil Cause they were late 😁🤣
Jeremy Nagel
Maker
@paul_pamfil @fam_socialfinance lol yeah this was meant to launch three months ago 😅
Louis Cirignano
@jeremy_nazgul Better late than never, congratulations! Looks like you have an interesting product!😊
Gabriel Nori
Congrats on the product launch! 🎉 This is such an incredible app and I'm sure it’s going to be life-changing for so many people who have trouble being on time. I'm curious to know how it has worked for others -- could you share any success stories or use cases? 🤔 Fantastic work and best of luck with Late No More! 💪
Jeremy Nagel
Maker
@gabriel_nori thanks :) It's definitely made a big difference to me personally - I've been 2 minutes early for most of my meetings as a result of using it. I'm hoping one of our alpha testers will jump in and share their experience too.
Michael Kimpton
@gabriel_nori I have a terrible habit of being late for meetings. My team mates would often joke about it saying he'll be here in 5 mins we'll kick off without him. I was using other tools like Slacks office calendar integration and setting up reminders on outlook, but they are passive and hide away in the background. I started using Late No More and it forces me to wrap up what I'm doing on time, that could be coding, speaking to another team member, making a cup of coffee whatever. I'm no longer the punch line in the joke and I'm making my meetings on time.