Odysseus faced three sirens.You face thousands.
In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus knew the Sirens' song would lure him to destruction. His solution was radical: he made a pact with himself—fill his crew's ears with wax and bind himself to the mast.
This is the Odyssean Pact—binding yourself before temptation strikes.
Today's sirens live on your screen—every notification, every autoplay video, every infinite scroll. The internet is an attention economy, and your focus is the currency being stolen.
Ithaca was his destination—the home that made every sacrifice worthwhile. Your Ithaca is your work, your goals, the things that actually matter.
The Solution
Unlike other blockers, Ithaca is smart.
Why Traditional Blockers Fail
Hard-Coded URL Blockers
The Whack-a-Mole Problem
You block Instagram. Great. But what happens next? You find yourself doom-scrolling LinkedIn instead. Block that? Hello, Reddit. These blockers create an endless game where you're constantly adding new sites to your blacklist. You're not solving the distraction problem, you're just moving it around.
Keyword-Based Blockers
The Collateral Damage Problem
Block 'video' and you can't watch that product demo your boss sent. Block 'social' and lose access to documentation you need for work. Keyword blockers are blunt instruments—they'll block the content you need just as aggressively as the content you don't, making research impossible.
Ithaca's AI Approach
Like Having a Smart Partner
Ithaca understands context. Working on a marketing deck? YouTube tutorials on design are allowed, but cat videos aren't. Researching competitors? Their Twitter presence is relevant, your feed isn't. It's like having a thoughtful friend who knows the difference between productive work and procrastination.
How Ithaca Works
Task Detection
Tell Ithaca what you're working on. It remembers your mission.
AI Page Analysis
Smart AI determines if a page helps or hurts your focus.
Intelligent Blocking
On-task content passes freely. Off-task gets blocked.
