Re the first point, my understanding was you do this in any leftover time of a pomodoro after finishing a task or subtask. (Thinking about work doesn’t make for a good rest, which ‘should’ be what breaks are for; or maybe people who do this use the longer breaks to rest properly instead.)
I agree re the second point, which I had taken to be one of the key benefits.
Also re the third, though there are other ways to deal with that (e.g. break down tasks recursively into subtasks). [ADDED:] Come to think of it, this is explicitly why Mark Forster’s system starts with 5 mins and increases from there—as you have no excuse not to do 5 minutes work on something.
I’d slightly heard of the fourth though don’t know how much Pomodoro is used in groups like that; solo work seems to be the standard usage.
Re the relationship to Third Time, if these are substantial benefits you can still get them with it as it doesn’t prevent you working in fixed stints most of the time if that helps—but you can override them when necessary (ignore the alarm etc.) Similarly you could take 5 minute breaks usually and save up the rest, just less strictly than Pomodoro. The best of both worlds
Interesting—thanks for this.
Re the first point, my understanding was you do this in any leftover time of a pomodoro after finishing a task or subtask. (Thinking about work doesn’t make for a good rest, which ‘should’ be what breaks are for; or maybe people who do this use the longer breaks to rest properly instead.)
I agree re the second point, which I had taken to be one of the key benefits.
Also re the third, though there are other ways to deal with that (e.g. break down tasks recursively into subtasks). [ADDED:] Come to think of it, this is explicitly why Mark Forster’s system starts with 5 mins and increases from there—as you have no excuse not to do 5 minutes work on something.
I’d slightly heard of the fourth though don’t know how much Pomodoro is used in groups like that; solo work seems to be the standard usage.
Re the relationship to Third Time, if these are substantial benefits you can still get them with it as it doesn’t prevent you working in fixed stints most of the time if that helps—but you can override them when necessary (ignore the alarm etc.) Similarly you could take 5 minute breaks usually and save up the rest, just less strictly than Pomodoro. The best of both worlds