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Pomodoro and Kanban for Greater Household Throughput

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Jim Benson

We’ve written before about the Pomodoro technique, which is (at its most simple) dividing your work into 25 minute chunks and having a bit of rest and recap at either end. I use the Pomodoro Daisuki plugin for Chrome for … Continue reading →

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Just Close It!

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Jim Benson

Recently I noticed that I have a bad habit. I will go through a Pomodoro which includes a lot of research or interacting with multiple web tools. These all end up becoming tabs in Chrome. After three or four Pomodori, … Continue reading →

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Pomodoro Daisuki–Session Based Personal Kanban and Pomodoro

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Jim Benson

Today I installed the Pomodoro Daisuki app in Chrome and thought I’d give a quick experience report. So far today, Tonianne and I have run our entire workday using Pomodoro Daisuki. Yes, it has the usual Pomodoro functionality, but some … Continue reading →

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Boosting Productivity and Learning with Spikes

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Jim Benson

Is there something you don’t know? Almost everyday it seems we are faced with having to learn something new. Some of those things are trivial and easy to accomplish, while others are important and a more than a little daunting … Continue reading →

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A WIP Workout: Pomodoro and Personal Kanban

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Jim Benson

Pomodoro is the workout: Personal Kanban is the trainer. Continue reading →

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