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写稿子的时候每5分钟要刷一下微博，过10分钟想看看邮箱，再过15分钟可能QQ上有人找你说话。这样的主动或被动干扰大概每个人都经历过吧。如果现在有一款软件能够在你工作时把所有这些干扰都屏蔽掉，只给你留一个工作窗口，你愿意试试吗？ Zenware is a software designed to block visual distractions on a computer so that it is easier to concentrate on what you are doing. Zenware是一款能够屏蔽电脑上各类容易让人分神的窗口和软件、以便让用户更加专注于手头工作的软件，字面意思为“禅宗软件”，业界一般称为“极简软件”。 An example of zenware is an application for writers called WriteRoom, which overlays a screen with black and blocks out everything else, effectively eliminating all distractions and having a simple, core function of being a word processor. 比如一款专为写作者设计的WriteRoom软件就算是zenware的一种，这款软件将整个电脑屏幕用黑色覆盖，将其他与写作无关的所有程序屏蔽，有效清除了各类干扰，只留下文字处理器这一个简单的核心功能。 Zenware is one embodiment of a wider concept sometimes now described as conscious/contemplative computing or calming technology. The idea here is of technology which fosters, rather than disturbs, the peace, and helps us to stay calm and focused. Other inventions include smartphone/tablet apps to help you meditate into a state of concentration, browser apps that obscure everything apart from what the user is viewing, and even mobile phone apps which allow a group of people to collectively disable their mobile phones during a meal or conversation. Taking inspiration from expressions such as slow travel and slow food, this embryonic movement towards a kind of 'technological tranquillity' has also been dubbed the slow web. (Source: macmillandictionary.com) | 
