Pomodoro!

Found Pomodoro last night, and it deals with many of the issues I have been facing while working on my thesis at UCSC.  I am attempting to use it today.  The creators seem to give everything away for free, which is awesome, so I will list the 5 steps here:

Choose a task to be accomplished

Set the Pomodoro to 25 minutes (the Pomodoro is the timer)

Work on the task until the Pomodoro rings, then put a check on your sheet of paper

Take a short break (5 minutes is OK)

Every 4 Pomodoros take a longer break

(source)


I just finished my 3rd Pomodoro, currently tracking them at: tomatoi.st, a free web app.  Tomorrow I will try diving deeper into the technique.


Other resources:
http://www.pomodoroworld.com/
http://gigaom.com/collaboration/using-the-pomodoro-technique-time-yourself-with-tomatoi-st/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/47831951/Pragmatic-pomodoro-technique-illustrated-dec

[got distracted when composing this post, added "Fish" to blog. I downloaded app for Android just the other day!]