Built a Pomodoro Timer for Adhd Brains: Always Visible Progress Bar
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So I built a macOS app that runs as a persistent, always-on-top sidebar. When you collapse it, it becomes a 3px colored progress bar.
That constant visual reminder helps my time-blindedness stay on track.
Curious if anyone else struggles with the same thing.
The author built a macOS Pomodoro timer app that stays visible as a sidebar or a progress bar to help with time management for ADHD brains.
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As far as apps go, I think your idea makes sense. But if you're working on solving a personal difficulty, I suggest going back to the basics and keeping it simple. The point is to work on what you ought.
I have used pomodoro timers that have a sound (for instance a clock ticking) and that's a useful way to be reminded. Unfortunately the ones I've seen to date have a reasonably limited range of sound configuration options, generally a one second tick. I would prefer to hear a quiet sound every thirty seconds, I'd also be interested in the option of a voice announcing, say, every five minutes elapsed.