# The Story Behind f.lux, the Night Owl's Color-Shifting Sleep App of Choice

<http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/the-story-behind-flux-the-night-owls-color-shifting-sleep-app-of-choice>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

Developing f.lux, it turned out, was more complex than either Lorna or Michael initially thought. And in the seven years since they started working on the app full time, Michael and Lorna have realized what they’re really on is a mission to change the way that we sleep.

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