John Biggs reviews a couple distraction-free text editors in the New York Times:

With the release of Mac OS X Lion, the idea of a full-screen app — not one stuck inside a window — has become a little more palatable for users of many applications. After all, an app that uses the entire screen is, in a way, distraction-free; you’re focused on the task at hand.

I’ve been playing with a few distraction-free text editors over the last few weeks and I’ve found a few that really helped me concentrate while writing and reading.

(h/t to Heather)