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For example, I may want to have my computer make\na tick noise every five minutes but make a beep every hour.\n\nThis application is still in early development but it's meant to be\nconfigurable so you can run any script on a given step or interval.\n\n\n## History\n\nI've been intrigued by time management techniques for a long time but I haven't\nfound any traditional approaches work well for me. The Pomodoro technique is\nthe most famous timeboxing technique and I've found limited success with it.\nIt requires that I plan what I'm going to do in the future and it has me take\nbreaks every 25 minutes. I find that too restrictive since I sometimes have to\njump on an ad hoc IM and I sometimes like to work for several hours without\ntaking a break.\n\nThe best solution I've found is to do reverse timeboxing. Instead of planning\nfor the next half hour, I simply write down what I did for the previous half\nhour. This helps me do several things. First, I can see what I did during the\nday. Some days it feels like I didn't accomplish anything but when I look back\nat my list I can see all the little tasks. Second, it gives me a way to check\nin frequently to make sure that I'm not focusing on a task for too long. For\nexample, I might think I can add a small feature in 30 minutes but sometimes\nseveral hours go by and I'm in a rabbit hole. Checking in helps prevent that.\n\nReverse timeboxing has been great... when I do it. Unfortunately, it still\nrequires that I remember to write down something every half hour. So I decided\nto build a tool that helps remind me of these intervals and gives me a way to\nvisualize the steps within these intervals. Thus, box was born.\n\n\n## Usage\n\nTo install, simply run `go get` from the command line:\n\n```sh\n$ go get github.com/benbjohnson/boxer/...\n```\n\nNext you'll need to set up a configuration file. Copy the `boxer.sample.conf`\nto `boxer.conf` in your home directory and adjust settings as needed.\n\nThen run `boxer`:\n\n```sh\n$ boxer\n```\n\nThe default configuration will enable the wallpaper module which updates your\ndesktop background in 1 minute increments and restarts every 15 minutes on\nthe quarter hour. The menu bar will also cycle between dark mode and light mode\nevery 5 minutes and flash every 15 minutes.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbenbjohnson%2Fboxer","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbenbjohnson%2Fboxer","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbenbjohnson%2Fboxer/lists"}