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Mark Forster

Personal blog · markforster.net/blogproductivity

Mark Forster's personal blog at markforster.net covers productivity. Since 2010, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Autofocus System - Get Everything Done”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.

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10mentions?
9HN people?
2010–2012first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2010

Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Mark Forster's blog for his Autofocus productivity system. Commenters point to the system page and to forum threads where its variants, such as Super Focus, are developed.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

time management, personal organisation, self development, final version, autofocus, superfocus, fv

Most-linked posts?

  1. Autofocus System - Get Everything Done
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-12-04

What Hacker News says?

  1. mdda · 2010-12-04
    The discussion forums seem to be the place where the ideas are being iterated. Here's how 'Super Focus' differs from Auto Focus : http://www.markforster.net/forum/post/1317396 But there are iterations from there... ('approved' current summary from forum): http://www.markforster.net/forum/post/1321345

    Comment linking /forum/post/1321345

    on “Autofocus System - Get Everything Done”
  2. kqr2 · 2010-12-04

    Submitted Autofocus System - Get Everything Done as a story · 111 points

    HN discussion
  3. Sukotto · 2011-08-24Recommends
    Try Autofocus [1]. I quite liked it though I eventually gave it up as too simple. [1] http://www.markforster.net/autofocus-system/

    Comment linking /autofocus-system/

    on “How I use Emacs and Org-mode to implement GTD”
  4. paulovsk · 2012-03-03

    Submitted Urgency: the natural way to prioritize? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. naradaellis · 2010-06-23Recommends
    Anyone intriguided by this idea should check out the Autofocus System: http://www.markforster.net/autofocus-index/ One of the ideas underpinning it is to use the energy that is otherwise (mostly) wasted while you're procrastinating to do constructive things. I use AFv4 but have used it since Mark started posting about it back at v1. I find it an effective system that is fun to use, portable, simple and, most critica…

    Comment linking /autofocus-index/

    on “How I Conquered Being Undisciplined and Started Getting Things Done”
  6. flarg · 2012-06-29

    Submitted The Final Version (FV) time management system as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. RiderOfGiraffes · 2010-12-04
    See also: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1968171 - HN discussion about the system (>15 comments) http://www.markforster.net/autofocus-system/ - The actual system http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=926313 - iPhone app to implement it

    Comment linking /autofocus-system/

    on “Time Management with Mark Forster’s Autofocus System”
  8. pier0 · 2011-06-06

    Submitted I’ll just get the file out: Conquer Procrastination Forever as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. roman-m · 2010-12-11

    Submitted Autofocus as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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