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This reminds me the Pomodoro Technique. http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ I bought a pomodoro iphone app and tried it for ab

by amanuel 16y ago

This reminds me the Pomodoro Technique. http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ I bought a pomodoro iphone app and tried it for about a week or so, alas 25 mins was just too short for me. I generally find 45/20 to be about right balance for me. I now use Vitamin-R (Mac App) to track time/goals.

steveklabnik 16y ago
I've been trying this with http://focusboosterapp.com/ http://focusboosterapp.com/ . It's pretty solid.
kacy 16y ago
I'm currently using Concentrate (http://getconcentrating.com http://getconcentrating.com), and I love it. Checking out Vitamin-R tonight! Thanks for the suggestion! :-)
- guynamedloren 16y ago
  Wow, that looks amazing. Website blocker and everything. Now that I see it, that just seems like such an obvious solution. Why am I not using this already? Just looked closer at the rocket company and software, and they do awesome work.
- mistermann 16y ago
  Looks great.....but there doesn't seem to be anything similar for windows. Selective blocking of the web (HN, reddit) would be important.
stoney 16y ago
I generally save the Pomodoro technique for when I've got something I really need to do but really don't want to do. The shortness of the 25 minutes can be quite useful in those situations. Sometimes I find the shortness of 25 minutes blocks of time works well as a kind of challenge - "holy crap, only 2 minutes to go... got to finish..."
silentbicycle 16y ago
I made a similar timer for Emacs - (http://github.com/silentbicycle/zwiebel http://github.com/silentbicycle/zwiebel). You can set the minute ratio.
johnnyjustice 16y ago
According the pomodoro technique pdf "we’ve come to consider the ideal Pomodoro as 20 – 35 minutes long, 40 minutes at the most. Experience shows that the Pomodoro Technique works best with 30-minute time periods" I now have leveled up my pomodoro to the half hour mark, it does wonders.

by amanuel 16y ago

steveklabnik 16y ago

I've been trying this with http://focusboosterapp.com/ http://focusboosterapp.com/ . It's pretty solid.

kacy 16y ago

I'm currently using Concentrate (http://getconcentrating.com http://getconcentrating.com), and I love it. Checking out Vitamin-R tonight! Thanks for the suggestion! :-)

guynamedloren 16y ago
Wow, that looks amazing. Website blocker and everything. Now that I see it, that just seems like such an obvious solution. Why am I not using this already? Just looked closer at the rocket company and software, and they do awesome work.
mistermann 16y ago
Looks great.....but there doesn't seem to be anything similar for windows. Selective blocking of the web (HN, reddit) would be important.

stoney 16y ago

I generally save the Pomodoro technique for when I've got something I really need to do but really don't want to do. The shortness of the 25 minutes can be quite useful in those situations. Sometimes I find the shortness of 25 minutes blocks of time works well as a kind of challenge - "holy crap, only 2 minutes to go... got to finish..."

silentbicycle 16y ago

I made a similar timer for Emacs - (http://github.com/silentbicycle/zwiebel http://github.com/silentbicycle/zwiebel). You can set the minute ratio.

johnnyjustice 16y ago

According the pomodoro technique pdf "we’ve come to consider the ideal Pomodoro as 20 – 35 minutes long, 40 minutes at the most. Experience shows that the Pomodoro Technique works best with 30-minute time periods" I now have leveled up my pomodoro to the half hour mark, it does wonders.