Pomodoro Technique

Pomodoro Timer

The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s.^[1] The technique uses a timer to break down periods of work into 25-minute intervals called ‘pomodoros’ (from the Italian word for ‘tomato’) separated by breaks. Closely related to concepts such as timeboxing and iterative and incremental development used in software design, the method has been adopted in pair programming contexts.^[2]

The method is based on the idea that frequent breaks can improve mental agility. ^[3][4] and seeks to provide an effective response to time as an anxiety-provoking state referred to as temporal “becoming” in the writings of Henri Bergson and Eugene Minkowski.

There are five basic steps to implementing the technique:

1. decide on the task to be done
2. set the pomodoro (timer) to 25 minutes
3. work on the task until the timer rings; record with an x
4. take a short break (5 minutes)
5. every four “pomodoros” take a longer break (15–20 minutes)

Ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique