I appreciate how this clearly gives people a thing they can try today. I expect the downsides jimrandomh mentions are real (+1 to stop-loss being an important benefit) -- but this seems like an easy thing for people to empirically test out and keep if it works for them better than pomodoros.
Adding another benefit for Pomodoros that I think would be missing here: sync-ing / co-working.
I think individual productivity is probably what matters most overall, but most of the pomodoros I do are co-working with other people. (E.g. in an office or coworking space—“Anyone want to do some pomodoros?”)
For that, it seems like some sort of clock-work third time could work (“lets do 30 min / 10 min intervals”), but still has the clock-work downsides you mentioned above.
Thanks. I’ll add some more benefits of Pomodoro like this to the post soon, and also emphasise more that Third Time can complement rather than compete with Pomodoro.
I appreciate how this clearly gives people a thing they can try today. I expect the downsides jimrandomh mentions are real (+1 to stop-loss being an important benefit) -- but this seems like an easy thing for people to empirically test out and keep if it works for them better than pomodoros.
Adding another benefit for Pomodoros that I think would be missing here: sync-ing / co-working.
I think individual productivity is probably what matters most overall, but most of the pomodoros I do are co-working with other people. (E.g. in an office or coworking space—“Anyone want to do some pomodoros?”)
For that, it seems like some sort of clock-work third time could work (“lets do 30 min / 10 min intervals”), but still has the clock-work downsides you mentioned above.
Thanks. I’ll add some more benefits of Pomodoro like this to the post soon, and also emphasise more that Third Time can complement rather than compete with Pomodoro.