01 — EXTENSION

DO YOU
REMEMBER?

DO YOU REMEMBER?

CHROME EXTENSION • DISTRACTION BLOCKER • STAY FOCUSED

Inspired by Werner Herzog's Ghost Elephants

FREE CHROME EXTENSION

Elephants never forget. Do you?

Works on Chrome, Brave, Edge

10,000+ downloads|4.8 rating|Open source
Featured on ProductHuntNo permissions beyond site accessFully auditable on GitHub

02 — PHILOSOPHY

GHOST
ELEPHANTS

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01 — PHILOSOPHY

The Ghost Elephant

In Werner Herzog's 'Ghost Elephants', he searches for legendary elephants in Angola's highlands—creatures remembered in ancestral memory but lost to time.

These ghost elephants exist in memory, dreams, and ancestral knowledge. They walk 70km alone to graveyards, remembering every step. Herzog asks: would it not be better to keep these gigantic elephants rather as a dream, as ghosts?

Herzog wonders: 'Do you remember?'

No one can answer. The elephant's memory spans 40 years. It remembers every waterhole, every path, every danger. Even separated from its herd, it finds its way back.

We are that ghost elephant.

Online, the herd grazes endlessly on Twitter. Checks charts obsessively. Follows the crowd into distraction without memory of purpose.

But some of us remember. We choose focus over feeds. Creation over consumption. The highlands over the herd.

This Chrome extension is for those who remember.

WATCH HERZOG'S GHOST ELEPHANTS →

One elephant remembers the path.

While others graze without purpose.

You choose memory over distraction.

Do you remember?

The walk continues.

02 — FEATURES

What It Does

While the herd grazes without purpose, those who remember stay focused.

Blocks Distractions

SitesInterventionFocus

Tracks Time Wasted

AnalyticsMonitoringAwareness

Reality Checks

PopupInterventionAwareness

Keeps You Focused

ProductivityGoalsProgress

03 — DEMO

See It In Action

The intervention in four steps

Gmail
Docs
NETFLIX
https://...
NETFLIX
Play
Info

1. You open Netflix

Gmail
Docs
NETFLIX
https://...
NETFLIX
🐘

Do you remember what you came here for?

Netflix: 8 visits today

2. Extension asks

Gmail
Docs
NETFLIX
https://...
🐘

Do you remember what you came here for?

Netflix: 8 visits today

3. You remember

Gmail
Docs
https://...
🐘

Path remembered

1 time today

4. Tab closed

How It Works

Four steps to remember your path away from distraction

1

INSTALL

Add to Chrome in one click

Free

No account required

Open source

2

CONFIGURE

Choose which sites to track

Set visit limits (e.g. Twitter: 5 visits/day)

Customize intervention messages

3

BROWSE

Extension monitors silently

Counts visits to distraction sites

Tracks time spent

4

REMEMBER

Popup asks: 'Do you remember your purpose?'

Site blocked after limit reached

Daily/weekly reports

See It In Action

Real interventions that help you remember your purpose

WARNING POPUP

Gentle reminder when you visit a tracked site

twitter.com

🐘

Do you remember what you came here for?

Visit #7 today

5 minutes wasted

BLOCK SCREEN

Hard block after reaching your daily limit

twitter.com/home

🐘

You've visited Twitter 10 times today

Elephants never forget. Why do you?

Site blocked until tomorrow

Resets in: 8h 23m

DAILY REPORT

Track your progress and celebrate wins

chrome-extension://remember

Today's Memory Report

Saturday, Jan 25

🚫

12 distractions blocked

New record!

⏱️

2h 47m saved

vs. yesterday: +1h 12m

🐘

4-day focus streak

The elephant remembers →

Full Feature List

🚫

SITE BLOCKING

  • Track any website

  • Custom visit limits per site

  • Daily/weekly/monthly limits

  • Whitelist for work sites

⏱️

TIME TRACKING

  • See time wasted per site

  • Daily/weekly reports

  • Category tracking (social, news, shopping)

  • Export data as CSV

🐘

MEMORY PROMPTS

  • Custom intervention messages

  • Philosophical purpose reminders

  • 'Do you remember?' prompts

  • Editable message library

📊

STATISTICS

  • Distractions blocked count

  • Time saved calculator

  • Longest focus streak

  • Productivity score

🔔

NOTIFICATIONS

  • Desktop alerts

  • Daily summary

  • Streak reminders

  • Milestone celebrations

🎨

CUSTOMIZATION

  • Dark/light themes

  • Custom elephant colors

  • Intervention frequency

  • Aggressive/gentle modes

03 — COMPATIBILITY

Browser Support

Chrome

Supported

Edge

Supported

Brave

Supported

Firefox

Coming Soon

03 — THE PATH

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FAQ

DO YOU REMEMBER?

Herzog's Ghost Elephants: Dreams vs Reality

"Would it not be better to keep these gigantic elephants rather as a dream, as ghosts?"

— Werner Herzog