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4 articles Field NotesPractical rituals and work practices for finding your focus.
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- Field Notes Use Binaural Beats for a Work Block, Not a Work Marathon
How to set up and run one 30-minute binaural-beat block for repetitive work, then stop before attention fades.
- Science Simplified Can 40 Hz Binaural Beats Keep You Focused?
A 2025 study put 40 Hz binaural beats to the test. One setup improved average target detection, but it did not stop attention from fading.
- Coffitivity HQ Service Disruption Notice
Update: the outage affecting one of our service providers has been resolved and Coffitivity is operating normally again.
- Field Notes Use Background Buzz When You Need Ideas
A practical guide to using moderate café-like sound for brainstorming, rough drafts, and getting unstuck. Not as a productivity rule. As a small tool.
The Other Productivity Tool You Need You sit down to work at the computer. 45 minutes later you realize that you’ve gotten hardly anything done because y...
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