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Busy Status Bar: Assembling and Launching the Prototype

Busy Status Bar: Assembling and Launching the Prototype

Busy Status Bar — is a desktop LED display that beautifully communicates to others things that matters to you. Show that you're busy, activate a Pomodoro timer, or display inside jokes to your friends. In this article, I present an overview of Busy Status Bar prototype assembly, innovative use

Busy Status Bar: Uncovering mechanical and electrical components

Busy Status Bar: Uncovering mechanical and electrical components

This is a third chapter of our journey building the Busy Status Bar. Previous parts [1],[2]. Busy Status Bar is a portable LED device that beautifully visualizes user's active status and could serve as a Pomodoro timer. We build it for productivity and creative mind. User can

Busy Status Bar: choosing LEDs and updating design

Busy Status Bar: choosing LEDs and updating design

This is a second post about the Busy Status Bar. The beginning of our journey is here. Busy Status Bar is a portable LED panel that visualizes user's active status and could serve as a Pomodoro timer. We build it for productivity and creative mind. With open-source approach

The making of Busy Status Bar

The making of Busy Status Bar

I am tired of being constantly distracted by colleagues who don't let me concentrate on my tasks. I used the Pomodoro technique to stay focused, however, the technique becomes useless if my colleagues are unaware I am in focus mode. I tried to find a tool to let