The technique
Pomodoro timer.
Twenty-five minutes of single-tasking, then a real five-minute break. Four rounds, then a longer one. The method is older than the web and it works because it makes the unit of work small enough to actually start.
The clock above is already set to 25 minutes. Press Start, or hit the spacebar.
How to
Four steps, then repeat.
01
Pick one task
Tap the label above the clock and name it. If it won't fit in twenty-five minutes, name the first twenty-five minutes of it instead.
02
Work until the chime
One pomodoro is indivisible. If something interrupts you, note it and carry on — the interruption gets its own time later, not this block.
03
Take the five minutes
Stand up, look out of a window, get water. The break is load-bearing — skipping it is why the fourth round falls apart. When a session finishes here, a five-minute break is one tap away.
04
After four, take a long one
Fifteen to thirty minutes. The counter on the clock tells you which round you're on; type the longer duration in like any other.
Why bare
A distraction-free timer is not a nice-to-have.
Most Pomodoro sites are ad rails with a clock in the middle. Every banner, upsell and settings drawer is a small invitation to stop working and fiddle instead. Deepnous has nothing to fiddle with: one label, one duration, one button. Attention that isn't spent choosing is attention left over for the task.
FAQ
Questions.
How long is a pomodoro?
Twenty-five minutes, followed by five off. It's a convention, not a law — if 30/5 or 50/10 suits your work better, type it in.
Can I change the length?
Tap the time and type any hours, minutes and seconds you like. The 25 / 45 / 90 chips are shortcuts, never the limit.
Does it count my pomodoros?
Each clock counts the sessions it has finished today, then starts again at midnight. That's the whole of it — no history, no streaks, no score to protect.
Prefer longer, uninterrupted stretches? Try the focus timer, or head back to the deep work timer.