[HN Gopher] Show HN: Pomodoro with friends
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Show HN: Pomodoro with friends
Author : seydor
Score : 82 points
Date : 2022-11-16 19:14 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (pomochat.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (pomochat.com)
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| HuwFulcher wrote:
| I've tried Pomodoro in the past but always felt like I was
| watching the clock too much. By the time I got into the zone on a
| task I would have anywhere between 15-17 minutes left and would
| prefer to keep going. Has anyone else encountered similar and
| found ways to adapt it?
| sccxy wrote:
| Pomodoro is registered trademark and they protect it all the
| time.
|
| I would be careful...
|
| https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-trademark-guidel...
| seydor wrote:
| I noticed that the other day.
|
| what about sites like pomofocus.io?
| elhenrico wrote:
| Hmmm with that url I wouldn't send it to someone at work. Huge
| risk of being misinterpreted.
| seydor wrote:
| ugggh explains why the domain was not taken
| jewel wrote:
| chatodoro.com is available.
| seydor wrote:
| well considering that they are enforcing the pomodoro
| trademark hard, maybe i should switch to pornochat.com
| [deleted]
| cromka wrote:
| It also took me a while to notice this, but I guess it's one of
| those things that 50% doesn't see until told, and the other 50%
| make themselves known by immediately swearing you off.
| bee_rider wrote:
| Just wait 'till the come out with GitHub integration.
| [deleted]
| troad wrote:
| I feel like I'm missing something obvious here, feel free to
| make fun of my obliviousness, but for what would it be
| misinterpreted? Post-modern chat?
|
| Edit: I see! Thank you for the responses!
| dole wrote:
| how the letter "m" in "pomochat" can look like "rn" when
| kerned.
| Schiphol wrote:
| I sometimes mistake 'rn' for 'm'. Perhaps they meant that?
| petargyurov wrote:
| Parent is referring to kerning [0]
|
| "Pomo" can appear as "porno" with some fonts.
|
| [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning
| 5- wrote:
| https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/keming
| benatkin wrote:
| Now that I have a smart watch, I don't think I'll be trying the
| pomodoro technique again. What I wanted from it the most was help
| to take breaks but now my watch reminds me to move around. It
| stopped the antipattern of sitting in my chair for hours and
| feeling drained. I can still use help with productivity but
| instead of four pomodoros I can just look for productivity tools
| that will help me get ready for work sessions. If I was going to
| try to do 2 sets of pomodoros I can instead just do 2 sets of 2
| hour work sessions.
|
| Edit: I joined Pomochat to try it out and I think chatting with
| strangers is probably about the worst thing to be doing on a
| Pomodoro Technique break. It should be done during the 25 minutes
| (but not every 25 minutes unless your job is to poke around in
| chat rooms), not on the break which ought to be used for
| stretching/relaxing both physically and mentally. I'm typing this
| during the Pomodoro but will just close the window after typing
| this.
| anotherevan wrote:
| I have an ultrasonic distance sensor sitting on top of my
| monitor that notes when I'm in front of the computer or not[1].
| Not mentioned in the blog article is that I also run a shell
| script that keeps track of how long I've been in front of the
| computer and nudges me to take a break after 45 minutes.
|
| [1] https://www.michevan.id.au/posts/are-you-there/
| thih9 wrote:
| There are also low tech solutions that provide periodic
| distractions, such as pets, kids, or other time sensitive
| responsibilities. I'm speaking from experience, i.e. my smart
| watch no longer has to remind me to take a break.
| [deleted]
| ispo wrote:
| The social gamificatiom of pomodoro, to create a social tipping
| point in productivity.
| DwnVoteHoneyPot wrote:
| Seems like an oxymoron... pomodoro timer is for focus,
| productivity. Then they add highly distracting chat to it?! I
| realize the chatting is in between breaks but I don't need more
| distractions in addition to emails and messaging in between focus
| sessions.
| hirundo wrote:
| It can help with the commitment aspect to make that commitment
| with another person. If that isn't an issue for you then this
| is just distraction. By preference, at least for small things,
| I'll cheat myself before I'll cheat a stranger.
| rambojohnson wrote:
| what can help with the commitment aspect is NO distractions
| though. that's the point of pomodoro.
| [deleted]
| dazhengca wrote:
| You're still only holding yourself accountable, which is
| harder for some than others. If you don't have friends to
| study with, maybe some internet strangers could be a
| motivational alternative.
| sltkr wrote:
| Many people use the pomodoro technique in a social setting.
| It's what I did in college to finish my master's thesis: I'd
| group up with a few other people that had their own stuff to
| work on, we'd sit in the same room, and work while the pomodoro
| timer was active, and chat during the break times. This site is
| intended to be a digital version of this that enforces the
| quiet time while the pomodoro is active.
|
| Working together (even if separately) with other people is
| highly motivating. I found that I was much less likely to
| procrastinate this way, kind of how I'm less likely to be
| reading Hacker News instead of working when my boss is standing
| behind me than when I'm alone.
|
| Personally I don't think you need a whole separate website for
| this; a Discord or IRC bot that runs the pomodoro would work
| just as well.
| Ilasky wrote:
| Body doubling is exactly this!
| (https://doubleapp.xyz/blog/how-to-body-double) Also called
| social facilitation
| (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_facilitation)
|
| When someone else is around it's like a switch gets turned on
| and BAM - I'm able to do the thing.
| htkibar wrote:
| Finally I know the name now - thank you!
| anotherevan wrote:
| I would think using the break time to step away from the
| computer, look out a window or go outside for a few minutes,
| would be much better use of the breaks.
| webel0 wrote:
| For me, the hardest part of pomodoro is convincing myself that,
| "yes, you really do need to step away for a minute."
|
| If the only function of this is that I feel socially pressured
| to _not_ be on a group chat or programming, then this does the
| trick.
|
| Disclaimer: will try during the work day tomorrow. Have not
| tried the site itself.
| Ilasky wrote:
| The Pomodoro technique is for sure a great way to focus on
| certain tasks! (mostly computer-centered tasks, in my experience)
| And I like the collaborative aspect of it too.
|
| We've actually been making something that encourages all sorts of
| activities to be done with someone else at the same time
| (https://doubleapp.xyz, based on "body doubling" or social
| facilitation) - it's another great technique to have in your
| arsenal.
| altvali wrote:
| Right now some people can send messages even during the pomodoro
| sessions, so it doesn't do what it advertises.
| seydor wrote:
| yeap. let's say it something i made for myself. I didnt expect
| ppl to use it really. Going to work on it if people end up
| using it
| spiffytech wrote:
| This is neat! Body doubling and time boxing are helpful for ADHD.
| Offering both on demand sounds handy.
| Ilasky wrote:
| Body doubling has been a game changer for me as well - really
| for any kind of task
| drivers99 wrote:
| One year I tried to do NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month;
| there's one going on right now since it's November) and found a
| chat room somewhere that would have a timer and then everyone
| would try to write as much as they could during a short time
| period, and we'd all report how many words we wrote. It was
| really good motivation, probably because of what you said: body
| doubling and time boxing, plus turning off the inner editor to
| write as many words as you could.
| jkestner wrote:
| This reminds me of a speculative/satirical social productivity
| suite I prototyped with a friend in school, including a 30-minute
| game where you race to check off tasks against a friend, and send
| taunting photos every time you did.
| greenpeas wrote:
| That looks really cool, I was actually searching for something
| like this. I'll be sure to give it a try over the following days.
| I've been using https://cuckoo.team with a friend over the past
| weeks for a couple of sessions every day as a way to motivate and
| keep one another accountable.
|
| EDIT: On a closer look it appears more of a social network where
| you can meet people, than a productivity/motivation system. I
| expected small/private rooms and more control over the start time
| and the duration of pomodoro's. I'll still try it out to test how
| it works during the day.
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| mosselman wrote:
| I am pretty open-minded, but I don't chat about porno with
| friends so much, if ever, that would require me to have a
| dedicated platform for it.
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