Time to admit it. I do not have the time to continue the development of OpenPomo. It has been funny to start the (probably) first non-trivial Pomodoro Android project ever. OpenPomo development started on October 2009 as a University project, under the name Pomodroid. I don’t even remember when it was first released to the public, as opensource software. My commitment to the project has...
After more than a year, I am very happy to announce that Pomodroid – the first Android advanced productivity app that lets user focus on their tasks under the Pomodoro Technique – has been discontinued. From the ashes of Pomodroid, the OpenPomo project is born. OpenPomo is a family of Android applications, all of them opensource, implementing the Pomodoro Technique. Right now...
Pomodroid Project is not dead! I am just busy with my Master of Science course. I am (very slowly) developing v0.9.0 release with A new, standardized, easier user interface, and new icons! A Pomodoro Timer implemented as Android Service, that will be able to run in background Better Performance Support for more remote services A free/opensource vs a paid version! The first will stay free and...
After many days of reasoning about the future of Pomodroid, the (actually) free/open Android application for managing tasks under the Pomodoro Technique, I decided that I will develop two separate versions, one remaining free/open for those just wanting simple functionalities (e.g., no remote fetching of tickets) and a new version that will be called Pomodroid Pro, containing all the extra...
Dr. Daniel Graziotin is a senior researcher (Akademischer Rat) at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. His research interests include human, behavioral, and psychological aspects of empirical software engineering, studies of science, and open science. He is associate editor at the Journal of Open Research Software and academic editor at the Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO) journal. Daniel was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers in 2017, the European Design Award (bronze) in 2016, and the Data Journalism Award in 2015. He received his Ph.D. in computer science at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.
