Concentrate promises to help you get work done

It's crunch time and that big project has to get done. Next thing you know, you're on your favorite website, tinkering with Garageband or tweeting up a storm. We've all been there, but Roobasoft's Concentrate for the Mac is here to help!

Concentrate is designed to help you "work and study more productively by eliminating distractions." The simple application offers a number of options to help you get down to business. With it you can:

Quit applications that distract you such as games or web browsers.
Run applications, and only the ones you need for your task.
Open websites you need to use for work.
Block websites that you know will distract you (ahem, Facebook)

In addition to helping keep you on task by eliminating distractions, Concentrate takes it a step further to help keep you on the right track.

Record spoken messages that help to keep you going.
Play sounds to let you know how far you've gone.
Alter your iChat/Skype status to keep friends from bugging you.

The application supports Growl notifications and easily allows you to incorporate scripts to control almost anything. Additionally, you can customize different setups for different tasks. For example, I can set up a "Study" task that will block social networking sites and keep me on task with spoken messages while having another task called "Design" that keeps me working within applications like Photoshop or Dreamweaver.

Concentrate sports an elegant interface and an intuitive system to set times and tasks. The developer promises that he has "big plans [for] a few updates to make it even better".

Roobasoft offers a 60-hour free trial and the full applications sells for $29 with a money-back guarantee if you're not happy.

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Source: http://getconcentrating.com/

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wako

dumb program, seems more like a nanny program a parent would get for their kid

August 14 2009 at 4:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Juz

But can it block Parachute Panic on my iPhone? (must.... beat.... 170....)

August 13 2009 at 4:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jaejbear

I'm someone who could use this...but never would! :)

August 13 2009 at 4:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

valthewu

Hey, i've just come by to tell you how great that program is and how happy i am to get my work do-------

August 13 2009 at 3:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Lauren

I think I'm totally going to get this! Last year I was in a perpetual state of procrastinating. This semester I've vowed to stop! Is there really any reason to sit on Facebook or Tumblr waiting for it to update? No, but we all do it anyway. Now if only I could get an application to stop me from going to my boyfriend's dorm or ordering dominos...then I'd really do well.

August 13 2009 at 2:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jash Sayani

I believe in Remember The Milk & self-control!

August 13 2009 at 2:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Zettt

Oh Sorry I forgot to mention that the purpose of our site is not to spam TUAW. We're doing Mac Screencasts, Tutorials and such.
The refered Screencast shows a review about Concentrate. (If you'd like to see the program in action.)

August 13 2009 at 1:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Zettt

Hey there,
This may sound a little more advertising than intended, but...

Currently you can get 5 licenses and a 10$ discount of Concentrate on our Mac OS X Screencasts:
http://www.macosxscreencasts.com/en/2009/08/concentrate-review-gewinnspiel-discount/

August 13 2009 at 1:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

david

I fear that when this blocks Reddit I'll just go to my iPhone.

I have a problem.

August 13 2009 at 1:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gilbert

Pretty much all of these apps deal with "ipfw". A simple "sudo ipfw flush" on the command-line and Twitter works again ;) - I really need some more hardcore app for boring work tasks.

August 13 2009 at 12:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply