Pomodoro Timer
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Pomodoro Timer
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#2Nice app.
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#3Wow this is great timing. I've started doing pomodoro more and was looking for a decent app to use. I settled on https://github.com/ivoronin/TomatoBar for Mac since it's simple and open source. It doesn't have the option to show how many you did in a day which I would like so I'll give the one you shared a try.
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#4Nice work! This is very visually pleasing and I think the addition of light task management w/ optional estimates is great!
In general though, does anyone else feel like using a pomodoro timer ruins any chance at intense focus during the workday? I don't doubt the effectiveness for others, but personally, it feels like taking frequent breaks from work lowers my overall productivity because I'm leaving and entering focus so often. This is also the reason I don't like taking walks in the middle of the workday, unless I'm working on a problem that needs more thought than action. The days that I stay in-focus for the full work day are usually my happiest and most productive.
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#5Good! Some newfound friends and I made one of these a long time ago for the Odin Project. I prefer our circular length bar. Ours also has a lot more bugs than yours. =D
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#6Nice work! This is very visually pleasing and I think the addition of light task management w/ optional estimates is great! In general though, does anyone else feel like using a pomodoro timer ruins any chance at intense focus during the workday? I don't doubt the effectiveness for others, but personally, it feels like taking frequent breaks from work lowers my overall productivity because I'm leaving and entering fo…
From my experience, it's useful when I'm not able to concentrate on a specific task. The feeling of blocking time for a specific task is helpful for my mind to fully focus n that.
Anyway, 25 minutes is just the standard but you can use longer periods. For example, I use blocks os 1 hour where I block all my distractions, knowing that this time is just for that specific duty.
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#7I know that some people swear by Pomodoro, but personally when I get in the "zone" for doing something, I find that taking a break, however small it may be, ruins my focus.
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#8I remember I tried this long ago. Would be great with a chrome extension
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#9Nice work! This is very visually pleasing and I think the addition of light task management w/ optional estimates is great! In general though, does anyone else feel like using a pomodoro timer ruins any chance at intense focus during the workday? I don't doubt the effectiveness for others, but personally, it feels like taking frequent breaks from work lowers my overall productivity because I'm leaving and entering fo…
It's hard to stay in-focus for 8 hours without amphetamines. I find that I have to eat and pee and stretch now and again.
But I've had trouble with 25 minutes being a bit too short for some more technical tasks. Is there any literature about optimal work durations for highly abstract tasks? Programming architecture, super complicated mechanical cad, some physics or math calculations...
It takes a long time to load the model into your working memory, so restarting a lot is very painful. Is it better to actually follow the pomodoro model and do 25/5? Or is 50/5 more productive? Maybe 50/10 or 40/5? A few professions get the autonomy to control their work at that level of granularity, and we'd love more guidance than "do what works best for you, bb."
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#10I have tried quite a few Pomodoro app and they are all good. Remember, it is OK to find your own time-break cycle and not stick to the standard Pomodoro. I'm more comfortable with a 50-10 cycle (50-min, then 10 for break). I don't care about the Pomodoro count or how many per day.
If you are working at home, I found that cheap mechanical kitchen timers are great. These days, I'm experimenting with an oversize hourglass. It makes no noise and no indication that it ended. However, the beauty I found is that if I didn't see the sand all over from the upper section, then I might been in a zone. When my mind gets back to distraction or normalize and see that the sand is over, I just walk around, have tea and get back to the next.
My personal experience and thoughts.