It would be great to have a two minute rest timer though. As a fellow ADHD patient, I normally goes (10+2)x5
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#102app looks clean. I dig it. Kind of unrelated to the app, but wanted to share a related thought that's been useful to me over the years in case it's useful for anyone else. I have pretty strong ADHD. Pomodoro and other time tracking techniques never really worked well for me long-term because they end up being associated with a lot of anxiety and self-shame as I used them, so I tend to stop using them as negative feel…
MacOS can announce the time every 15, 30, or 60 minutes. I've used it in the past. It's kind of like a metronome for my day. I think I'll try turning it back on. :)
System Settings > Control Center > Clock > Clock Options
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#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
Absolutely, the ADHD version would be a physical egg timer you manually turn the dial on and can’t lose sight of on your desk. A digital representation would have to float on top of all other apps somehow.
now I'd spend all my time turning the dial and overengineering its replacement :(
me too, brother! <3
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#104app looks clean. I dig it. Kind of unrelated to the app, but wanted to share a related thought that's been useful to me over the years in case it's useful for anyone else. I have pretty strong ADHD. Pomodoro and other time tracking techniques never really worked well for me long-term because they end up being associated with a lot of anxiety and self-shame as I used them, so I tend to stop using them as negative feel…
Love this comment. I suffer from some of the same problems and feelings. One weird thing that works me is playing reality TV in the background (love and hip hop, vanderpump ect). Seems to have really calming effect on my brain which lets me focus on work. I've realized over the years that my adhd is just suppressed anxiety in disguise and reality TV masks it.
There’s something to this.
I had a period where I’d play old episodes of Mr. Rogers while working.
When one of my kids was an infant, the only thing that would get him back to sleep in the middle of the night was watching shows like House Hunters on HGTV.
Something about the chill vibe, people interacting kindly and relatively quietly, nice scenery, no music or sound effects, longer durations without cuts.
Contrast this with, say, Sports Center on ESPN, where it’s a constant blitz on the senses.
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#105What makes this ADHD friendly? Also, as you prob know, there are multiple free/FOSS native taskbar based pomodoro apps that really get out the way, what is the advantage of using a browser based on?
It's designed to be somewhere in view of the person using it. People with ADHD (myself included) struggle with time blindness and just starting tasks in general, so this helps with that (I hope) by: a) making the start of your tasks just a simple press of a button b) keeping your progress of time and your deadline right in front of you. It's just another one of pomodoro apps that I made specifically for myself and wa…
One idea to explore, is using analog-looking timers instead of the digital-looking ones. I’ve heard this recommended by a number of “time blind” folks.
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#106No offense author, but what is specifically ADHD related in this timer? Actually I'd argue that it is ADHD unfriendly because it is in the web browser. So now I need to open a browser and hunt down one tab among hundreds, because as a ADHD person I tend to hoard them to process later and of course never do it. There are also no notifications or sounds in your website (I may have nuked all browser notifications at som…
Absolutely, the ADHD version would be a physical egg timer you manually turn the dial on and can’t lose sight of on your desk. A digital representation would have to float on top of all other apps somehow.
That’s the original version. Pomodoro is named after a popular physical kitchen timer in the shape of a tomato (‘Pomodoro’ is Italian for ‘tomato’).
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#107Simple and clean, I like it.
But the "let's get to work" button doesn't have enough contrast in light mode.
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Sir, can you share your list of top 3-5 albums?
Yeah, for sure! Honestly the ADHD focus ones are kind of random because they're sort of just albums I happened to be listening to at the point in my life when I finally started doing programming professionally (I def still like them though) These are the ones I listen to the most when I'm programming. I'll flip through them depending on my mood at the moment: Tool - Lateralus Don Ross - Klimbim Axiom of Choice - Niya…
>Breathing Under Water
Wow, I've known that album since 2009? 2010? and never seen anyone else ever mention it. Curious if you remember how you found it?
I ask because the way I found it was odd enough that it sticks with me...
I was helping a friend in high school with their computer. I went to a boarding school without much internet and all the kids traded music on thumb drives. Windows Vista was new in our parts, and this girl's laptop was one of the first ones running it that I'd had access to. Asked her if she had any interesting music and she said not really, but there were some sample tracks that had come with the computer. So she gave me the Vista sample pack haha.
My favorite track was Karsh Kale's Distance, listened to it a lot. Later (months later, on vacation) looked the guy up to see if he'd made more like it. Didn't really click with the album Distance was from, but Breathing Under Water made the cut into "albums I remember to this day" (and I too have ADHD).
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#109The URL is very interesting :))
As someone with ADHD, I think that simplicity is key when it comes to ADHD-friendly tools.
I love the the simplicity of the app. However, one feature that I think is particularly helpful for ADHD users is the option to play ambient sounds during the work sessions.
I used to use https://asoftmurmur.com/ for ambient sounds but it's not a Pomodoro timer.
Just found http://pomoup.com/ yesterday on a Show HN post and it has everything I need.
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#110No offense author, but what is specifically ADHD related in this timer? Actually I'd argue that it is ADHD unfriendly because it is in the web browser. So now I need to open a browser and hunt down one tab among hundreds, because as a ADHD person I tend to hoard them to process later and of course never do it. There are also no notifications or sounds in your website (I may have nuked all browser notifications at som…
Raycast has a pretty good pomodoro timer. You can activate it directly from Raycast and it will show the timer in the menu bar.