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Notes on time, attention and the honest hour

We build a timer, so we think about this more than is healthy. Everything here is practical, argued from real use, and free of productivity theatre.

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3 articles
A tomato-shaped kitchen timer beside a cup of black coffee on a dark table, lit by a nearby lamp
Method·7 min read·

The pomodoro technique is wrong about breaks, and right about everything else

Twenty-five minutes is a fine unit of work and a terrible unit of rest. What to keep, what to bend, and why a timer should never nag you about either.

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Seven torn paper strips laid out as a bar chart on pale green card, one of them bright red and far longer than the rest
Method·5 min read·

Where the week went, and how to read it without flinching

A Friday ritual that takes four minutes and makes the next Monday cheaper, plus the three numbers that mislead almost everyone.

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A hand-drawn grid on a sheet of paper resting on cork, four squares crossed off in pencil, a red rubber sitting on the next one and the pencil laid across the page
Method·4 min read·

Against the streak

Streak counters turn a tool into a creditor. We removed ours and nobody asked for it back. Here is what we watched instead.

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