[samfundev]

I have built a few different pieces of software around the idea of pacing. The idea of pacing is that if you can measure the progress of something (i.e. current/goal), you can compare that to the time progress (i.e. elapsed time/total time) to tell you how far ahead or behind you are from completing the goal in time. Basically, you can tell if you are "on pace" with any measurable goal. If you're not on pace, it can tell you how much you need to do to catch up.

I used this to write papers by putting in how many words I needed to write and how many words I had written into a web app that I made for pacing. I made a widget for my watch that shows me if I am on pace with how many steps I want to take every day. And the big one, using it to pace out when I spend time on distracting apps on my phone. If the amount of time I have spent on distracting apps is behind the pace, then I can use the app otherwise it kicks me out.

I'm sure they are more applications I haven't thought of. I haven't made the code public yet, but I could if people are interested.