Timato ยท the blog https://timato.app/blog Practical writing about focus, time tracking and estimates from the team that builds Timato. en Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:24:07 GMT The pomodoro technique is wrong about breaks, and right about everything else https://timato.app/blog/pomodoro-breaks https://timato.app/blog/pomodoro-breaks Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Method Timato 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. Where the week went, and how to read it without flinching https://timato.app/blog/where-the-week-went https://timato.app/blog/where-the-week-went Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Method Timato A Friday ritual that takes four minutes and makes the next Monday cheaper, plus the three numbers that mislead almost everyone. Time tracking without surveillance, and what we refuse to build https://timato.app/blog/time-tracking-without-surveillance https://timato.app/blog/time-tracking-without-surveillance Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Teams Timato Screenshots, idle detection, keystroke counts, leaderboards. Why each is off the table, and what a team can measure instead. Your estimates are not wrong, your unit is https://timato.app/blog/your-estimates-are-not-wrong https://timato.app/blog/your-estimates-are-not-wrong Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Estimates Timato Teams estimate in hours and log in days. The fix is boring: estimate the next chunk only, and let the logged time argue back. Deep work for people with meetings https://timato.app/blog/deep-work-with-meetings https://timato.app/blog/deep-work-with-meetings Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Focus Timato The ninety-minute block is a luxury good. Here is what actually survives a calendar with six interruptions in it. Against the streak https://timato.app/blog/against-the-streak https://timato.app/blog/against-the-streak Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Method Timato Streak counters turn a tool into a creditor. We removed ours and nobody asked for it back. Here is what we watched instead. Billing honestly when the work is lumpy https://timato.app/blog/billing-honestly https://timato.app/blog/billing-honestly Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Freelance Timato Labels beat separate timers. A simple setup for tracking billable and non-billable work in one place without lying to yourself. The task claim: a small lock that saves a standup https://timato.app/blog/the-task-claim https://timato.app/blog/the-task-claim Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Teams Timato Duplicated work is a coordination bug, not a discipline problem. What changed when we made claims hard instead of polite. Why the timer should be boring https://timato.app/blog/why-the-timer-should-be-boring https://timato.app/blog/why-the-timer-should-be-boring Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Focus Timato Confetti, levels, badges. An argument for interfaces that do not celebrate, from a product that deliberately does nothing when you finish.