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Jul 6, 2014

"It is one of the unexpected disasters of the modern age that our new unparalleled access to information has come at the price of our capacity to concentrate on anything much." --Alain de Botton

How To Eliminate Procrastination

In 2009, Fred Stutzman, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina was trying his best to complete important work on his thesis. But, the attraction of free wireless internet access at his local coffee shop, made this goal nearly impossible. He tried unplugging, but to no avail -- the urge to connect was far too strong to resist. Later that evening, Stutzman returned home to create a software application designed to help eliminate this problem. Appropriately dubbed 'Freedom', it returned the power of focus back into the hands of the user. With over a half million downloads to date, read more to learn how this simple application is taking over the digital world.