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Jeremy 'LeJyBy' Barbay edited this page Mar 10, 2016 · 1 revision

Extension: Musical Pomodoro

DESCRIPTION

  1. user selects a work play-list and a pause play-list.
  2. music plays for 25mns (configurable) from the work play-list,
  3. commenter announces a 5mn pause (configurable), along with some compliment about how well the user worked,
  4. music plays for 5mns (configurable) from the work play-list,
  5. commenter announces the end of pause
  6. GOTO 2

COMPETITION

Typing break software

Many typing break software can be used for pomodoro, except that not all mental work require typing on the keyboard....

workrave (linux and windows)

sudo apt-get install workrave

type-break-mode in Emacs (no music, no screen block)

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TypeBreakMode

(setq type-break-interval 1500) % 25*60 seconds for a break each 25mns
(setq type-break-good-rest-interval 300) % 5*60 seconds for a break each 25mns
(type-break-schedule)     
(type-break-statistics)
(type-break-mode-line-message-mode)

DrWright (for linuxGnome, 2012) http://lifehacker.com/5928804/drwright-for-linux-forces-you-to-stop-typing-and-take-a-break

http://zeroset.mnim.org/2012/05/11/drwright-a-typing-break-application-for-gnome-and-unity-on-ubuntu-12-04/ To install this, go to your terminal and type: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:drwright/stable

It will ask if you want to add the repository, type: y

Then type: sudo apt-get update

When that’s finished, type: sudo apt-get install drwright

Then go to System Settings and Typing Break should be under “Personal”

rsibreak http://www.rsibreak.org

Typing Break: block the screen

  • http://askubuntu.com/questions/63999/how-can-i-install-typing-break
    • Gnome 3 developers have dropped this from gnome-control-center
  • An alternative in for typing break is workrave.
  • An enterprising developer has resurrected DrWright for Precise.
  • Ubuntu 12.10,13.10,14.04

Note, that for 12.10,13.10,14.04 ppa is not up to date, so you have to use precise repositories:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/drwright/stable/ubuntu precise main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/drwright/stable/ubuntu precise main

Fred Castagnac: mixes of 30mns

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/how-make-the-pomodoro-technique-more-productive.html

Jose diaz: program in Python to open youtube every 25mns

  • “Mi Pomodoro Musical” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZuRDE3HM7I
  • “Explicando como hacer un Pomodoro Musical” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3XrNuUk3fM”

BUSINESS MODEL

  • Application comes for free, including
    • a first sample of amusing audio comments
    • some free ambient music
  • Business can pay to have audio announcements during the pause.
  • Users can pay to
    • acquire additional sets of radio comments (without publicity)
    • configure which comments play when (depending on the time, on the location, on the mood, the task performed)
    • bid on future features to be developped (each feature is assigned a price, first one which price is reached is developped)

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

big breaks
add a bigbreak playlist, with music to play for 30mn when 4 pomodoros have been spent.
warning
give a warning 2mns before the end of the 25mn period by adding a “boiling water” sound to the music
delay
allow the user to delay the pause by 2mns
block
block the screen and keyboard during pause
click to start
Work session does not start automatically, instead require the user to confirm.
key logger
work session starts automatically when user start pressing keyboard
youtube break
pause displays videos from a selected playlist on youtube
photo break
pause displays pictures from a folder
rsi break
pause displays exercises for wrists
juggling break
pause displays exercises for juggling

DEVELOPMENT

NEXT FORK sources of workrave application from Github

https://github.com/rcaelers/workrave

COMPILE workrave.

DESACTIVATE stop of clock when no key is pressed.

EXTEND Maximum lenght of Rest Break.

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