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Pomodoro Timer that looks like a kitchen timer

juicytimer.com

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Why doesn’t it behave like a kitchen timer though? By that, I mean that no Start button would be needed, and that the time could be adjusted while the timer is running.

Hello, the maker here. I wondered where all this traffic came from. Thanks for posting and if you have any questions feel free to shoot them my way.

My top 3 questions:

* Is this a one-off toy, or is it part of a larger interest in skeuomorphic[1] design?

* Since your site[2] mentions you first tried to write code seriously at 27, did a prior interest in cars help lead you to programming?

* If not cars, did any interests help or hinder you?

1. https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/skeuomo...

2. https://trizuliak.com

Hi, sorry about the delay of getting back to this. Re 1 - yes, this was just a one off fun project and until now I haven't heard the word skeumorphic. Re 2 - I spent full 5 years working in automotive industry after graduating in Mechanical engineering and it was out of necessity. I moved to Scotland for personal reasons and thought I will easily find another job with my previous mech eng/automotive skills. Turned out Scotland is not the best for these kind of jobs so I stumbled upon coding. And to be fair I never looked back. As much as I love automotive, I love the fact that you can create cool stuff just from your laptop from pretty much anywhere in the world. Re 3 - I think engineering degree in general was a good aid in thinking about problem solving, but to be honest, I was always (and maybe still am) very average at things. But now I see that if you just stick to a project and actually ship it, it's much more then majority of other people who only keep it at the idea stage.

I love the skeuomorphic timer design. The reflections and surface modeling are brilliant. I will be greedy and ask – could you share how you made it? Thanks!

Not greedy at all, I'm happy to share. I basically just followed this tutorial on CSS Tricks - https://css-tricks.com/lets-make-one-of-those-fancy-scrollin... - but changes the images of airpods with frames from video of a 1 hour long actual physical pomodoro timer.

For reference, The Pomodoro Technique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique

Thanks for linking it. Pomodoro is something that I come across every couple of years but I can never remember what's interesting about it and quickly forget what it is again.

Its amazing how this motion feels like you are receiving physical feedback on your fingers. My scroll wheel has some resistance (which i can disable with a switch) and it feels perfectly synced as if I am turning the timer with my own hands.

Thank you

You could also just buy an actual timer ;)

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pomodoro+timer

Couldn't open the link (error on Amazon's side), but the dogs on the error 503 page where cute:

https://www.amazon.com/dogsofamazon/ref=cs_503_d

I so wish Amazon was a better place to work, that's a least a nugget in the right direction.

I can assure you that the "oops dogs" are an ancient relic of a long-gone Amazon.

Have you posted this before? I 'borrowed' the scroll-to-set method for a timer of my own: https://bigclock.app/timer.html

Hello, the maker here. I originally posted it long time ago here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29991715

But had to change the domain since as Francisco Cirillos lawyers were not happy with me using "pomodoro" in the domain.

One more internet jerk to add to my "avoid and never buy anything from" list.

You mean the inventor of pomodoro?

Doesn't matter if he is the inventor or not. Anybody sending lawyers after someone because some website used a word they claim to own is a jerk in my book.

100% agree. I actually messaged him in a good will on LinkedIn in a sense: "hello, I made a nice little pomodoro timer, do you like it?" and I hoped he might share it with his community. Instead I got a reply to take it down otherwise his lawyers will be getting in touch. It's all free, I don't make any money out of it.

It's especially obnoxious because he doesn't own the word, or the concept of a pomodoro timer itself, just has a trademark on the method. There's plenty of other online timers with pomodoro in the name or URL.

I really need that ticking sound to get on board with this one.

I'll add that as premium feature :)

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