Today’s bit of advise is an app called Concentrate.
Although not a Developer specific tool, I’ve found this invaluable for shutting down distractions like twitter & email so I can just focus. Think of it as automator for productivity. It can change your desktop background (to something less distracting), shut down apps (and even make sure you can’t relaunch them while concentrating) and block distracting websites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, etc. Once your concentrating period is up you can launch those apps and visit those distracting websites all you want and restore your Desktop wallpaper to what you originally had.
Now I try and go for 25-30 periods of just focusing on coding and then take a 5-10 minute brake and then repeat the cycle. If your going to code you might as well just focus on that and then check your email/twitter after a time of working. For some developers this is an invaluable tool to make sure they stay on track.
