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Electronic Liberation!

Apple devices:

SelfControl: free app that helps you avoid distracting websites. Block your own access to websites or mail servers for a pre-set length of time.
Freedom: (Web, Mac, PC, iOS) is an all-in-one distraction blocker for your computer and mobile devices.
Focus: sits in the menu bar and allows you to block specific websites. When you try to access a blocked site, Focus shows a quote in the browser.

PC’s:

Stay Focused: increases your productivity by limiting the amount of time that you can spend on time-wasting websites.
Cold Turkey: lets you temporarily block these distractions so you can focus and finish.
Freedom: (Web, Mac, PC, iOS) an all-in-one distraction blocker for your computer and mobile devices.

Written? Kitten!
Help with writer’s block! Sometimes we need to just loosen up the brain. For every 100 words that you write on the site’s textpad, you receive a picture of a precious kitten. If you’re not a kitten person, you can change the photos to those of puppies or bunnies. Additionally, if you desire a larger challenge, you can change the settings so that you don’t get a picture until you write either 200, 500, or 1000 words. This is a website that revels in the rewards system as a motivational factor, and it enables students to set writing goals for themselves. For instance, if they get two pictures of a kitten, they can take a fifteen-minute break