10 plus 2 times 5 Productivity Hack was first introduced to me by Merlin Mann. His article explains the concept:
10 minutes, then 2 minutes, 5 times
- 10 - Work for ten minutes with single-minded focus on moving toward completion on a single task. Ten minutes, and that’s all you’re allowed to do is work, work, work. No cheating, because (DING!) you actually get a break when you’re done…
- 2 - After ten minutes of sweaty, dedicated work you get a 2-minute break to do whatever you want—drink coffee, read 5ives, call your bookie, whatever. When the two minutes are up, it’s back to work on the next task on your list. This is important.
- 5 - You’re going to iterate this four more times for a total of one hour’s working/breaking
- pulse minute indicator
- to turn it into a phone gap app
- ability to run in the background when app/site is exited
- access the phone/computer's alert system
- find beta testers - if that's you, Email me
- Pomodoro timer mode