Now announcing the launch of our #MyMoai feature in the Owaves app! Our team has worked tirelessly over the past two years to make this social version of Owaves a reality! We hope you enjoy the result of our labor of love! Check out the video tutorial on the feature below, brought to you by Elaine, UX Researcher at Owaves. Then, read …
Don’t Let Time Blindness Steal Your Productivity This Summer!
School is out! [Insert victory dance here!] Fun and relaxing summer days lie ahead. They’re brimming with possibilities like the water bubbling behind a jet ski, propelling you toward leisure! Long days where the seconds seem to slowly saunter by as you lazily lie on your couch or on the beach likely sound wonderful to you right now, after a school year’s …
UC Rankings for Mental Health: 2021
Owaves has worked on developing a holistic mental health ranking system for the nine University of California (UC) Campuses—UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, and UC Santa Cruz—at the undergraduate level. The motivation behind this ranking system is as follows. Many students utilize ranking systems provided by various sources …
The Science of Our Symbols: Owaves’ Eight Activity Icons
Owaves recommends that each individual separates their time each day among eight different activity categories, represented by individual icons. Each category holds a purpose and furthers each person’s mental and physical well-being. The activity icons or categories are as follows: Love, Move, Work, Eat, Sleep, Relax, Play and Flow. In the Owaves app, each activity category is paired with a recommended amount …
Prioritize Tasks with the Eisenhower Matrix and Owaves
Written by Amanda Orozco, Owaves Intern Have you ever heard of the Eisenhower Matrix? Read on for how this tool, along with the Owaves app, can help you identify your most important tasks, plan them into your day, and accomplish them! “I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never …
New Release: Say Hello to Dark Mode!
Version 2.9.3 of the Owaves app is here, and it features Dark Mode! We at Team Owaves are so excited to share 2.9.3 with all of you to kick off the year 2021! Many of you have asked for Dark Mode to be added to the app! We’re thrilled to deliver this new feature in 2.9.3, as well as several other features …
Introducing Version 2.9.2 of Owaves: It’s Widget Time!
We at Team Owaves are excited to introduce Version 2.9.2 of the Owaves app, which includes Focus Widgets and several other useful features! We know you have requested widgets and have looked forward to their arrival; enjoy them as our gift to you this holiday season! If you already have the App Store version of Owaves, your app should have automatically updated …
How to ADHD’s Owaves Review
A heartfelt thank-you to Jessica from How to ADHD for this very thoughtful review of Owaves on her YouTube channel. Check out the video below or read the video transcription to learn more about her experience using Owaves! Also, for more information about Owaves, the activities you can plan in the app, and its new My Moai feature, please check out our …
Episode 34: Sarah Frier
Sarah Frier is the author of the new book No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram and is a tech reporter at Bloomberg.
Episode 33: Ali Abdaal, MD
Ali Abdaal is a medical doctor who graduated from the the University of Cambridge, and also a Youtuber with over 1.2 million subscribers. Ali talks about productivity, tech and entrepreneurship.