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Question - was <time> a different request to <north-information>. I took it to read, "current real-time information about north-facing"
If it is a separate request most wearable fitness devices have a vibrating alarm.
I want current real-time information about north, and current real-time information about time :) (most likely in separate devices)
Your analog watch can serve as an impromptu compass.
Point the hour hand towards the sun, then true south will be halfway between the hour hand and the 12-o'clock mark. Assuming you're in the northern hemisphere.
E.g. if it's around 2-o'clock, direct the hour hand towards the sun, and south will be in the 1-o'clock direction --- and therefore north towards the 7-o'clock direction.
Only if your watch shows solar time which is normally not the case.
If you don't adjust for DST and what part of your timezone you are in it will be off by something like 30 degrees. If you need better than that the adjustments are not very hard (The 80/20 in most places being to just subtract one hour from what the clock shows because of DST).
re: time
smart watches as mentioned.
I would actually like a device that vibrated in every 5 minute window (or other settable window of time). To remind me to re-evaluate my progress on current tasks and confirm to myself that I am doing well. Essentially as a pattern-interrupt if I am in a bad pattern. It might end up interrupting good patterns as well, but I would still be interested to experiment if it works to be on par more helpful than unhelpful.
I wonder if anyone knows of an app to make my phone do it.
Caynax hourly chime and Mindfulness bell on Android
thanks. will install and try them.
Did they work? Did you try any other solutions?
Mindfulness bell seems to have bothered people around me. They are getting used to it. It's not really doing its job of keeping me mindful (I currently have it set on 30mins). I would like any suggestion you have for "thought process to go through with the intention of being mindful". I tend to still think, "is this the highest value thing I could be doing right now?" and have occasionally closed things I was messing around on and moved on; but being a smart-guy I can rationalise that "yes this is" far more often than it probably is.
At least it gets me to stop and wonder "what am I doing" frequently. which is a good thing. I expect a month from now I will have a naturally trained "mindful clock" and won't need the chime.
Also mindfullness bell conflicts with "narritive app" when the chime goes off it crashes the other app. Which is probably because of bad coding; but I have the bad coding to thank for letting me keep all my other notifications on silent while keeping that one on loud.
Thank you!
P.S. any other apps you would suggest?