Take more breaks!
They say the best apps are the ones you create out of necessity right? Well I made this timer in order to force myself to take more breaks at work during long grind sessions in front of the computer screen.
It seems like every few months I read a new report about how terrible sitting is for your health. Well after some research, it turns out that sitting may indeed be unhealthy, but there’s also something interesting to be said about taking regular breaks from work.
Taking breaks has a vast number of benefits to your productivity and creativity!
Brief Diversions Vastly Improve Focus, Researchers Find - sciencedaily.com
To Stay on Schedule, Take a Break - nytimes.com
This app is a basic timer which reminds you to take a break every 1.5 hours when it detects you’re inactive. The timer resets itself if you take a break before it has finished.
If you haven’t moved for the length of the timer, you’ll get a push notification on your device as well as your desktop (OSX Mavericks only) and every 5 minutes thereafter until the app senses movement again.
You’ll receive one of many suggestions for what to do with your five minute break. Based on your location you might receive directions to a cafe or nearby destination.
The timer simply repeats itself during the designated schedule. This allows it to be very low maintenance and works its way into your daily routine.
If you haven’t moved for the length of the timer, you’ll get a push notification on your device as well as your desktop (OSX Mavericks only) and every 5 minutes thereafter until the app senses movement again.
You’ll receive one of many suggestions for what to do with your five minute break. Based on your location you might receive directions to a cafe or nearby destination.
The timer simply repeats itself during the designated schedule. This allows it to be very low maintenance and works its way into your daily routine.
This app is slated for release late October of 2013. I’m currently working on the branding and the suggestions feature while my colleague finishes the logic for the timer itself. I will update the project upon completion with links to the download!
Set a schedule for the timer to repeat.
Set the timer to a desired interval.
An active timer with interesting facts about productivity.
When the app detects movement it pauses the timer for up to a minute before triggering the “On Break” function.
While “On Break” the app gives a suggestion on what to do.
