Many thanks for the numerous name suggestions. After brainstorming about 200 more, and polling other people, I’ve finally settled on Third Time.
While various people here proposed purely descriptive names like Ratio Breaks, from previous experience names like that can seem generic and forgettable to many people. Third Time has the merit of a pun, which should make it more memorable and appealing to a wider audience, while still giving some idea of what to do. (Contrast Pomodoro, a non-generic but almost arbitrary name.)
I also asked GPT-3 for its name ideas, of which it came up with many, notably the witty Break O’Clock, Breaky Breaky, and Unwind (apparently a clever pun on taking a break and a kind-of-opposite of clockwork).
Additionally, I’ve renamed ‘extended meal break’ to ‘big break’, and ‘work/break ratio’ (e.g. 3) to ‘break fraction’ (e.g. 1⁄3).
Other than that I’ve slightly rewritten the post, and split out my detailed critique of Pomodoro-like systems to another post.
Third Time means ‘1/3 of the time’ (referring to break time = 1⁄3 of work time) and also ‘the 3rd occasion’. It’s only half a pun because ‘the 3rd occasion’ doesn’t refer to anything here, but it’s a common phrase like first time, second time etc. (E.g. ‘the first time I ate caviar I didn’t like it, nor the second time, but the third time I enjoyed it’.)
As for puns in the other names suggestions, there are too many to explain, I’m afraid!
Many thanks for the numerous name suggestions. After brainstorming about 200 more, and polling other people, I’ve finally settled on Third Time.
While various people here proposed purely descriptive names like Ratio Breaks, from previous experience names like that can seem generic and forgettable to many people. Third Time has the merit of a pun, which should make it more memorable and appealing to a wider audience, while still giving some idea of what to do. (Contrast Pomodoro, a non-generic but almost arbitrary name.)
I also asked GPT-3 for its name ideas, of which it came up with many, notably the witty Break O’Clock, Breaky Breaky, and Unwind (apparently a clever pun on taking a break and a kind-of-opposite of clockwork).
Additionally, I’ve renamed ‘extended meal break’ to ‘big break’, and ‘work/break ratio’ (e.g. 3) to ‘break fraction’ (e.g. 1⁄3).
Other than that I’ve slightly rewritten the post, and split out my detailed critique of Pomodoro-like systems to another post.
I’m not a native English speaker, can someone explain all these puns, including “Third Time” (I don’t understand what the point is).
Third Time means ‘1/3 of the time’ (referring to break time = 1⁄3 of work time) and also ‘the 3rd occasion’. It’s only half a pun because ‘the 3rd occasion’ doesn’t refer to anything here, but it’s a common phrase like first time, second time etc. (E.g. ‘the first time I ate caviar I didn’t like it, nor the second time, but the third time I enjoyed it’.)
As for puns in the other names suggestions, there are too many to explain, I’m afraid!