Nial Giacomelli

About a week ago I released a small Mac menubar application that’s designed to help you stay focused and keep your desktop clutter free. It’s called Houdini and it works by hiding applications which have been inactive for a certain amount of time. It was heavily inspired by Drikin’s Spirited Away but has some fundamental differences. For one, Spirited Away works for a fixed timeout for all applications, whereas Houdini will work on a per-application basis.

It was the first Mac application that I’ve realised in a personal capacity and it’s been very rewarding to hear that people are finding it useful. It’s been mentioned and reviewed in a couple of different places and seems to be doing pretty well for itself.

Really useful app! This is already improving my concentration and workflow. Very, very useful and well-done app. I’d pay for this on the MAS.

The app looks good and has a couple of nice settings. Despite the author claiming the app is ugly, it’s quite useful.