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Key Points

Key Takeaways

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    Don't Click, Flip

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    Context Switching: App switching on PC is cost. Even launching app like 'Toggl' cuts thread of concentration. Touching physical object has lower cognitive load on brain

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    Timeular Tracker: Octahedral die. Write 'Coding', 'Email', 'Meeting' on each face. Just roll it, timer on PC switches automatically. UX like magic

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    Minee Timer 4: Timer without numbers. Specialized in 'Visualization' where color decreases, eliminating anxiety 'How many minutes left?' (Pressure of numbers). Optimal solution for Pomodoro Technique

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    Accountability: When week ends, 'What used how many hours' is completely visualized. Cruel fact corrects distortion of your usage of time

Introduction: Waste of Resource Called Time

We are severe about money, but loose about time. Because time is “Invisible”. Notice if contents of wallet decrease, but indifferent to passing of day.

Place time at hand as physical mass. That is first step of Time Management.

1. The Magic Die: Timeular Tracker

Octahedral device with Bluetooth connection made by Austrian startup. Shape is simple, but inside is high-precision gyro sensor.

Timeular Tracker

Can write pictures and letters of tasks on each face with dedicated marker. 'Physical motion' of flipping by hand powerfully supports context switch of brain.

The Frictionless Tracking

Problem “Forget to press timer” is solved. Because it exists physically on desk. When changing work, just roll die. This seamless experience cannot be returned once tasted.

2. The Visual Timer: Minee Timer 4

Looking at numbers can be stressful. Rather than rushing “Only 5 minutes left!”, want to grasp intuitively as remaining “Amount”.

Minee Timer 4

Do not use smartphone. Just turn. Quiet and does not disturb concentration. Product from Korea explosively hit in Studygram and Desk Setup community.

3. Comparison: Recording or Concentration

項目 Timeular Minee Timer
Purpose Tracking (Recording) Focus (Concentration)
PC Linkage Required (App linked) None (Standalone)
Shape Octahedron Round
Battery USB-C charging USB-C charging

4. Why Hardware?

Software such as Toggl Track is excellent, but hides inside screen. Being on desk as hardware. That “Presence” keeps asking you.

“What time is it now?” “Is that work worth recording?”

Conclusion: Log of Your Life

Please look at Timeular report one month later. “Time watching SNS is 2 hours a day” “Deep Work is only 1 hour”

That fact may be painful. However, there is no improvement unless Confront Reality. Physical timer is only mirror that does not lie to you.