Comments on: Using Concentrate for the Pomodoro Technique on OS X

By: Célio Cidral Junior

Célio Cidral Junior — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:20:21 +0000

Hello guys, take a look at Tomighty, a desktop timer for Pomodoro Technique users:

http://code.google.com/p/tomighty/

Cheers!

By: Oxmox

Oxmox — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:12:26 +0000

Shame on you! When you take a break you’re supposed to get away from the computer, give your eyes a rest, break-up your thought process, context switch … :-P

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:50:05 +0000

It’s the “Canvas” theme from WooThemes: http://www.woothemes.com/demo/?name=canvas

By: junghans clocks

junghans clocks — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:57:24 +0000

hello, just curious if you wouldnt mind sharing the name of the theme being displayed here? I really love it!

By: Gaston Garcia

Gaston Garcia — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:44:50 +0000

I use Minuteur as my Timer. I've set up a 25 minute "Pomodoro" preset time.

At home I sometimes use a real kitchen timer.

I keep track of my to-do list with TaskPaper. (http://gastongarcia.com/2009/12/taskpaper-and-t...)

Now if Concetrate does the job of hiding stuff from you, you might be missing on self-observation. Being able to track the many ways in which the mind wants to distract you.

But I've tried Concentrate, and it looked pretty cool.

By: Steffen Hiller

Steffen Hiller — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:28:09 +0000

Awesome, that's just what I needed today after a slow start after the weekend!

Btw, there isn't a way you can see a time log of your past logged activities, right? Not a must-have, was just wondering and didn't find it.

Cheers!

P.S. I'm on my Pomodoro Break. ;)

By: Chris Scott

Chris Scott — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:53:21 +0000

Very cool. I'm going to give it a shot. I'd also like to see how this works when you code while drinking. 25 min drinking 5 min coding?

By: bricooke

bricooke — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:27:39 +0000

Hey Jason, glad to hear Concentrate is working out for you! Thanks for taking the time to write about it. Concentrate was actually first going to be an app for enforcing Pomodoro and help you with your “to do today” list and all that. At that time, it was called PomoDesk (yes, it looks like PornoDesk – one of it's many flaws). Anyway, it became Concentrate. But before it changed names, and goals, my now business partner, Dave, came up with an icon for PomoDesk. You can use it for your “Program Pomodoro” to make that screen a little more glamorous if you want: http://getconcentrating.com/blog/wp-content/upl…