Freedom’s Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Browse

This is sort of genius — we like to call it sanity in an application (at least for Mac users) — but also very much reflective of out times. It’s a new app called Freedom that disables networking on an Apple computer for up to eight hours at a time! Sort of like Google goggles but without the math.

“Freedom will free you from the distractions of the internet, allowing you time to code, write, or create. At the end of your selected offline period, Freedom re-enables your network, restoring everything as normal. Freedom enforces freedom; a reboot is the only circumvention of the Freedom time limit you specify. The hassle of rebooting means you’re less likely to cheat, and you’ll be more productive.”

And so it comes to this! We need an application (and we do!) to unjail ourselves from the (formerly) wild lands of the Internet. Perhaps best to heed the advice of the creators: “When first getting used to Freedom, I suggest using the software for short periods of time.”

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