THE "sfera con sfera" is a large bronze sculpture that has versions in several places, including the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The sculptor's surname, meaning "golden apple," is a pear-shaped tomato. In the 1990s Francesco Cirillo developed the Pomodoro Technique, a time management method named after a tomato-shaped kitchen timer that Cirillo had used as a student at the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli in Roma. For the purposes of the technique, a "pomodoro" is the interval of time spent working. Regular breaks of 35 minutes are taken to separate consecutive pomodoros. Four pomodoros form a set; a 15–30 minute rest is taken between sets. If a pomodoro is interrupted, either the activity must be postponed or abandoned. The process has 6 steps:
1) Decide on the task to be done. Use paper and pencil to plan the work. 2) Set the mechanical timer. The physical act of winding it confirms one's determination to start the task, while ticking externalizes the desire for completion, and the ringing announces a break. 3) Work on the task. 4) Stop when the timer rings and put a checkmark on a piece of paper. 5) If there are fewer than 4 checkmarks, take a short break, go to step 2. 6) After 4 pomodoros, take a longer break), reset the checkmark count to 0, go to step 1.
The planning, tracking, recording, processing, and visualizing stages are fundamental to the technique. In the planning phase tasks are prioritized by recording them in a "To Do Today" list. This enables users to estimate the effort the tasks require. As pomodoros are completed, recording them enhances the sense of accomplishment and provides raw data for subsequent self-observation and improvement.
Sfera con Sfera (Sphere Within Sphere) -- Arnaldo Pomodoro
THE "sfera con sfera" is a large bronze sculpture that has versions in several places, including the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The sculptor's surname, meaning "golden apple," is a pear-shaped tomato. In the 1990s Francesco Cirillo developed the Pomodoro Technique, a time management method named after a tomato-shaped kitchen timer that Cirillo had used as a student at the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli in Roma. For the purposes of the technique, a "pomodoro" is the interval of time spent working. Regular breaks of 35 minutes are taken to separate consecutive pomodoros. Four pomodoros form a set; a 15–30 minute rest is taken between sets. If a pomodoro is interrupted, either the activity must be postponed or abandoned. The process has 6 steps:
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2) Set the mechanical timer. The physical act of winding it confirms one's determination to start the task, while ticking externalizes the desire for completion, and the ringing announces a break.
3) Work on the task.
4) Stop when the timer rings and put a checkmark on a piece of paper.
5) If there are fewer than 4 checkmarks, take a short break, go to step 2.
6) After 4 pomodoros, take a longer break), reset the checkmark count to 0, go to step 1.
The planning, tracking, recording, processing, and visualizing stages are fundamental to the technique. In the planning phase tasks are prioritized by recording them in a "To Do Today" list. This enables users to estimate the effort the tasks require. As pomodoros are completed, recording them enhances the sense of accomplishment and provides raw data for subsequent self-observation and improvement.