I&#x27;ve actually started to do 5 minute pomodoros.  It&#x27;s insane, but also a lot of fun.  Especially when pair programming it&#x27;s great because you can start discussing an issue and suddenly you look at your timer and think, &quot;Woah... 30 seconds just went by.  Let&#x27;s just try it one way.  We can change it later if we want&quot;.  I also write down what I&#x27;ve done at the end of the 5 minute pomodoro.  If it is &quot;nothing&quot;, then it&#x27;s a good flag to say that I have a problem.