If you suffer from writer’s block, or just need to put “the ‘prod’ in Productivity,” there’s an app for that: Write or Die. The app (for iPad or desktop) works when you preset goals with “consequences for distraction and procrastination” if they are not met. You can even set different modes for the consequences, including Gentle, Normal, or Kamikaze (this last one’s merciless: you have to keep writing or your work will unwrite itself).
via LA Times