P roductivity apps promise to transform your workday, but sometimes the solution isn't another notification-filled program ...

Maintaining focus has become increasingly difficult due to constant notifications, social media distractions, and the temptation of YouTube rabbit holes. That’s where the Pomodoro Technique comes in.

If you want to try the Pomodoro productivity technique, you'll need a timer to track your work sessions and remind you to take breaks. Marinara Timer is a simple—but flexible—webapp that gets the job ...

If you have trouble staying focused and getting work done, the Pomodoro Technique of working in 25-minute intervals with 5-minute breaks is pretty hard to beat. The only problem is that it requires a ...

We've talked more than once about the pomodoro technique, which is built around intensely focusing on a task for 25 minutes and taking a five minute break. There's a lot of software out there for the ...

Working in 25 minute increments with short breaks can help you maximize your productivity, but only if you train yourself. Jason Cipriani Contributing Writer, ZDNet Jason Cipriani is based out of ...

I've alluded to my search for personal organization a couple of times during 2009. While it's not something that I'm obsessing about, I now capture my major goals in Things, and that at least tells me ...

I'm working against the clock. Nine minutes remain on a little red timer on my phone, and I'm to keep writing until the alarm goes off, then take a five-minute break. No matter how in the flow I am, I ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. TJ McCue is Seattle-based and covers tech & productivity tools. If this white kitchen timer looks familiar, then you were born in ...