For the Beach Boys album, see Hawthorne, CA (album). Hawthorne is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city at the 2010 census had a population of 84,293, up from 84,112 in 2000. In 2013, the population was 86,199.
A pomodoro kitchen timer, after which the method is named. The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. These intervals are named pomodoros, the plural in English of the Italian word pomodoro (tomato), after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer that Cirillo used as a university student.
Ideally, the alternate work should be as dissimilar from computer work as possible. The 5âminute pause after 55 minutes of continuous work may also be counted as a part of a regular meal or other break. For example, an operator may work from 11:05 until noon and then take a regularly scheduled half hour lunch break. The necessary 5 minutes away from computer work is provided within the 30 minutes of the lunch break.