Imagine: A page full of your Favorites. A place where you can see when your Favorite partners are available and book sessions with them in just two clicks. Sounds nice? Well, here’s the best part: all of this is available, right now, with the brand new Favorites Availability view! Booking with your Favorite partners has […]
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You asked, we listened! Longer sessions are now available on Focusmate. 75-minute sessions help you stay in the flow for longer so you can tackle several small tasks, or make strides on big projects. When you book a 75-minute session, Focusmate will automatically add a 15-minute buffer after the ending time (similar to how it
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It’s here. We’re excited to present our latest, coolest, shiniest feature: Favorite Partners! Enjoy focusing with a partner? Come across someone with similar interests and would like to focus with them? With just one tap, you can Favorite anyone, curate a list of people you like focusing with, and book easily with them. How do
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We are excited to announce our first integration with another productivity app: Beeminder! Beeminder gives you an extra layer of accountability or, as the folks at Beeminder like to say, “reminders with a sting.” Have you ever had one of those days where you really wanted to be productive but just couldn’t muster up the
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A way to work with the time you have even when you’re busy If you’re reading this, you may already know first-hand how the magic of Focusmate takes 50 minutes of your day and turns it into real, visible progress on your goals. But let’s face it—you don’t always have a full hour, you may
25-Minute Sessions: The Power of Pomodoro Meets the Magic of Focusmate ????✨???? Read More »
We want people of every gender to feel welcome on Focusmate. While the Focusmate community is an exceptionally safe and supportive one, the broader Internet (and world) is not. Oftentimes, women receive unwanted attention from men, and trans and gender diverse people experience harassment and violence. Many Focusmate community members, especially women, said that they
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On September 26th, we will start charging for Focusmate. You’ll be able to choose between a limited free plan and an unlimited paid plan. Why are we starting to charge? Our vision is to build the most supportive community on earth; to reach as deeply as we can into people’s lives to support them in
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I hope you all in the U.S. had a great Thanksgiving holiday. Recent Updates Database architecture. From a user perspective, our recent work might feel a bit boring or irrelevant. That’s because most of it is happening on the back end, where we’re making the way that bookings happen more flexible. This will enable a
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Below are the latest product updates and plans, as of today, November 6, 2018 (go vote!). New Updates Session titles. You can now add a title or name to your sessions. Watch a short tutorial. Upcoming sessions area. The upcoming sessions area has new logic: it will show sessions today and tomorrow. If you have
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Dear Focusmate fam, Below are the latest product updates and plans, as of today, October 22, 2018. We missed one Product Update due to [insert excuses here… Mike’s baby was born!] but we’re back on track and looking forward to your feedback in the comments! New Updates Jitsi fixes ongoing. We removed several Jitsi features that
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