If you’ve ever tried to get a little better at focusing on your work, or if you’ve read a stack of productivity books, then you’ve probably heard of the Pomodoro technique (or working in dashes).
I learned this from a really talented developer back at JustGiving and I’ve talked about it in a previous post so I won’t go over it again.
Well anyway, I had been using Focus Booster to time my Pomodoros. Regardless of having a pet hate for Adobe Air apps, it is 100% more satisfying and fun to use a real-world tomato timer. The kind of thing you might use for cooking. It’s really a no-brainer, but work can often do with being a bit more fun, and I could do without everything being just another app on my [already cluttered] desktop.
So I was pretty pleased with this gem (pictured above) which is now the official 1985 Pomodoro Timer.
Pomodoro Technique
August 9, 2011
You can also use http://ORKANIZER.COM an online platform for POMODORO TECHNIQUE. It’s free for personal and open source teams. Thank you.
Richard
August 10, 2011
Hey that’s a pretty cool tool (orkanizer) but please spend some extra time improving the graphical elements of your user interface and also your site?