Websites for five minutes off at work
The constraint at work is not boredom, it is bandwidth. You have five minutes, you cannot commit to anything, and whatever is on screen should not need explaining if somebody walks past.
These fit that. Short, quiet, and finishable — or at least abandonable mid-way without losing anything.
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The Quiet Placethequietplaceproject.xyz
Sixty seconds of enforced stillness. The most useful thing on this list and the least like procrastination.
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A Soft Murmurasoftmurmur.com
Rain and thunder mixed to taste. The one you leave open rather than visit.
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More or Less YouTubersmoreorless.io
Two channels, guess which is bigger. A round takes twenty seconds.
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Guess the Priceguesstheprice.net
Guess the price of an object. Same shape, same length, different failure mode.
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Koalas to the Maxkoalastothemax.com
Hover to reveal an image, one circle at a time. Completely silent and oddly restorative.
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OCEARCH Shark Trackerocearch.org
Watch tagged sharks move around the Atlantic. Looks like work if anybody glances over.
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Lilac Chaseroptical.toys
One illusion, thirty seconds, and a small piece of knowledge about your own eyes.
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Everything above is silent by default, which is deliberate. Nothing on this list will announce itself to an open-plan office.
Questions
What can I do at work when I am bored?
Something that ends. A five-minute site with no score and no progress to lose beats a feed, because a feed has no natural stopping point. The Quiet Place, More or Less and Koalas to the Max all finish or can be abandoned instantly.
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