Vitamin R for Mac

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• If you have AD(D)

  bobcarr1June 8, 2010

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />All the eye candy on my screen was a special challenge for this Attention Deficit (Different) person. Vitamin-R, though not aimed at AD(D)'ers is a great help and has improved my productivity and helped focus my attention on important matters. I use it in conjunction with OmniFocus to make sure my priorities are straight to begin with. I hope a future version will incorporate additional aids to help prevent a common AD(D)'er problem: hyper focus on minutiae. I suggest a numeral counter (that gets bigger with each increment) or color change when the user repeatedly busts discipline by "continue the current time slice." Also, it would be nice to be able to track two or more tasks for those of us who have to keep two or more focus items going. Additionally, I use the log to compile time sheets for billing purposes. Now, if it could only cure procrastination or dozens of my other bad habits. Great job, Frank (and Ryan).

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• Life-changing App

  danzaroniMay 7, 2010

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Within 2 days of loading Vitamin-R onto my Mac, I saw my productivity increase exponentially. My tasks were getting done, I was more focused, I was spending less time on each project and even tackling the projects I have been avoiding. Part of the success is due to the philosophy behind Vitamin-R, the other part due to the application itself. The philosophy is simple enough: You break up a project into tasks and set up a time slice just prior to the each task. A time slice is a portion of time (i.e. 20 minutes) that you will devote to the task at hand. Vitamin-R lets you set the slice to however long you want in a beautiful interface accessible from the menu bar. Once the timer is engaged, the time remaining appears on the menu bar and an occasional audio reminder occurs at regular intervals: Either a ticking of a clock and/or a voice announcing the time remaining. At first I thought this would be stressful and distracting, but just the opposite: It was a gentle reminder for me to remain on task, focus on the objectives and get the task done. Vitamin-R lets you set the audio reminders in a well-designed preference panel. There are other features including a rating system after each task to judge your level of focus, a memo pad of sorts to break down action items, record thoughts, and much more. If you're like me, creative and easily distracted, spending the few bucks on this application pays for itself on the first day.

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• Great appâ?¦

  Smiling HereticApril 26, 2010

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />â?¦ for keeping me focused on my work! The developer is great at receiving feedback and working through any issues (of which there have been very few). Elegant system and interface. And the prices is good (especially if you go for the lifetime upgrade price).

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