{"id":161,"date":"2015-11-09T19:25:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T18:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top1pct.com\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2016-01-15T06:57:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T05:57:21","slug":"minimizing-desktop-macbook-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top1pct.com\/blog\/minimizing-desktop-macbook-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimizing desktop MacBook Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why?<\/strong>
\nAfter an inspiring talk by Nir Eyal<\/a> during Mastermind Talks in April<\/a> 2015 I decided to implement his tips on reducing distractions. Nir is the author of the book Hooked: How to build habit-forming products<\/a>, which describes how the make something interesting (or somewhat addictive..). To counter-act distractions and have more will-power during the day I took action.<\/p>\n

What?<\/strong>
\nI did this on the desktop on my MacBook, my main distraction is shown below:<\/p>\n

My starting point:
\n\"Before<\/p>\n

After changing some simple points…<\/p>\n

Below the result:
\n\"After<\/p>\n

How did I do this?<\/strong>
\n1. Turn off icons on your desktop (use Camouflage http:\/\/www.briksoftware.com\/products\/camouflage\/<\/a> or script for free in Terminal http:\/\/osxdaily.com\/2009\/09\/23\/hide-all-desktop-icons-in-mac-os-x\/<\/a> )
\n2. Auto-hide your Dock (in my case to the right, System Preferences > Dock)
\n3. Dark background (in my case with a good quote in white lettering, made the wallpaper myself)
\n4. Dim or darken your menu-bar (in my case using Menu Eclipse 2, http:\/\/www.xybernic.com\/index.html<\/a> )<\/span><\/p>\n

Realisations \/ Conclusions<\/strong><\/div>\n

Work is more focussed, there is only one thing I have to keep in mind.
\nOne sort of downside is that I do tend to have to set an alarm for 30 or 45 minutes, since I don’t look at the time anymore on the right side in the menu-bar.
\nThe menu-bar is darkened and I tend to work longer then my regular 45 minutes per session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why?
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