What is the Pomodoro Technique?

The Pomodoro Technique is a time management technique invented in the early 1990s by Francesco Cirillo and was named after a tomato shaped timer he used to trach his work when he was a university student.

The idea is very simple: When faced with a large task, break it down into smaller individual tasks, break those tasks down into short time intervals (called "Pomodoros") and space them out by short and long breaks.