New pomodoro clock

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Posted by Joshua Cearley
Jul 7, 2015 at 01:24 AM

I put together a little program named Dayslice Lite.

Most of the PIM software or outliners I’ve used with reminders tend to be just a little cumbersome for breaking up work periods, so I wrote a pomodoro timer.

Dayslice adopts the “click and drag” model of setting a timer, which is closer to using an actual desk clock; two buttons set it to “work” or “break” mode, which automatically set the time for you. Durations are configurable. This is vaguely similar to how Vitamin-R works, if you’re a mac user. It doesn’t require a browser tab open, there’s no strange runtimes to fight with, and there’s even a neat option to have the timer locked to five minute increments against the clock.

That last part is useful in conjunction with calendars. Instead of moving in five minute increments from *right now*, it looks at what time you’ll be alerted and snaps to that. So its really easy to set an alarm for “5:30.”

If anyone is interested in testing it,there’s a free copy on my website. There aren’t any usage restrictions.

http://www.blackcrystal.us/dayslicelite

There’s also Breaker if you want something that isn’t made by me; I used to use that, but it doesn’t run on Linux and isn’t maintained anymore.

http://www.howtogeek.com/94155/breaker-is-a-customizable-work-break-timer-for-windows/

The “Lite” is because I would like to write a dynamic calendar / task outline to go with it. There are about two in existence, both Windows-only and they have no accompanying mobile versions or sync capabilities. If there’s enough interest, it would be nice to change that :)

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