Smart Usage Limiter
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A Chrome extension that helps users control and limit their website usage, similar to iPhone's Screen Time but with more powerful blocking features.
Key Points:
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Core Functionality:
- Blocks access to specified websites after reaching time limits
- "Nuke" option that completely restricts access to all sites except essential ones (like Google Docs, email)
- Functions as a "defend yourself against yourself" tool
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Permitted Websites:
- Google Docs
- Other essential work tools
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User Experience:
- User sets time limits for specific websites
- After limit is reached, site access is blocked
- Complete lockout feature available through "nuke" option
This is based on Sam Parr's experience with a Chrome plugin called "Nukem" that he found effective for managing his own web usage habits.
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.