Tomato, Pomodoro!I've been using the Pomodoro technique recently to increase productivity.When I mention this to people the response is "Pomo-whatnow?!"I thought I would provide a summary in a thread. Read on for a primer of Pomodoro & how it may help you level up productivity 1/ 2/
In the late 80s Italian-German uni student & programmer Francesco Cirillo began timeboxing work & study into small 25min blocks. He tracked these using a tomato shaped timer, called a Pomodoro, Italian for tomato. Shared widely in the 90s he published a book on it in 2006.