Introduction
We all remember Omegle and I know most of us wouldn’t like to 💀. Half of the people you got on there had a black screen and a good chunk of the other half had things out that you shouldn’t have seen… There’s a few alternatives floating around now that it’s gone, but nothing can quite match the intrigue you felt when opening up Omegle at 1:00 AM. But don’t worry, I’m not here to tell you that now there’s something just like it. It’s something far from the use case of it actually, but still takes the same function of Omegle: meeting strangers on the internet. Meet Focusmate. Omegle but with a suit and a tie. Here’s how it works 👇.
What Is It?
Focusmate is a virtual coworking platform that matches you with a real person for short, silent, goal-oriented work sessions. Like Omegle, but it’s professional ✨.
Join a call with a stranger who has a similar goal as you.
Work for a session (usually 25 or 50 minutes).
Celebrate your accomplishments 💪.
You’ll get bored of me mentioning Omegle in this issue, but come on now, it just has to be said. Focusmate is like Obi-Wan if Omegle was Anakin.
How Do You Use It?
The set up is a little more complex than Omegle, but probably for a good reason. Since we know where Omegle’s simplicity got them 💀.
Pick a time and a task (i.e write Tulio #005).
Match with a random person doing a similar task as you.
Turn on your camera and mic.
Introduce your goal for the session to your partner.
WORK❗❗❗
Tell each other what you accomplished and celebrate when done!
Don’t worry, you can hop on without any fear if you still have trauma from Omegle. Focusmate is there for help.
What Does It Replace?
It’s really a league on it’s own because of useful it is. These comparisons will be laughable once you try it.
Timers that feel robotic, forceful, and unnatural.
“Study With Me” YouTube videos that don’t even look back at you. (And you have a pause button which defeats the whole purpose).
That 3:00 AM guilt when you realize you wasted your whole day.
“Studying” with friends 💀💀💀
Focusmate blows each of these out of the water and makes sure you’re locked-in because you get motivation from seeing someone else locked-in live on your screen.
P.S I wrote most of this issue while using Focusmate myself to try it out. Nothing else has gotten me to finish my work this fast, here’s the link.