Inspired by Jonathan Blow - Twitch

What is a "Crank Session?"

A Crank Session is a period of intense work focused on producing the highest-quality result, inspired by Jonathan Blow's methodology of the same name.

What happens during one?

A timer starts, and for the duration, I work with as much focus as possible. Chat is not read, and there are no breaks for hanging out or anything else distracting. The only exception is a five-minute break in the middle. I do not leave my desk for any other reason.

The crank session's end time is in parenthesis in my Slack status message.

At my desk

• Slack stays on and I only answer urgent pings.
• My secondary monitor is turned off.
• If Slack goes down, I will not know until the timer ends.

Adapted from: Jonathan Blow's Twitch channel.