{"id":601,"date":"2014-03-20T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novicenolonger.com\/?page_id=601"},"modified":"2014-03-18T19:37:51","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T23:37:51","slug":"workburst","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/novicenolonger.com\/workburst\/","title":{"rendered":"WorkBurst – A Pomodoro Timer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I made this app because I’m terrible<\/em> at staying focused.<\/p>\n

Productivity “gurus” will tell you to shut off your internet for uninterrupted work time, but what about those of us who work online?<\/p>\n

When I have looming deadlines, but the work requires an internet connection, I turn to a modified version of the Pomodoro technique<\/a>. I’d set a timer for 25 minutes, work straight, and then take a five-minute break.<\/p>\n

That seemingly inconsequential action \u2014 setting the dimer \u2014 helped me stay focused. When a task’s end was somewhere in the distant future, I’d feel overwhelmed. But working for 25 minutes wasn’t bad at all. Every four cycles, I’d take a longer, 10-minute break.<\/p>\n

I wanted to find a dead-simple timer to help track my work, but soon found that none existed.<\/p>\n

That’s why I created WorkBurst.<\/p>\n\n\t\t