<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Untimer articles</title><description>Writing about Untimer, for Untimers.</description><link>https://untimer.com/</link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>A day in pieces</title><link>https://untimer.com/articles/a-day-in-pieces/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://untimer.com/articles/a-day-in-pieces/</guid><description>Untimer cuts a working day into pieces of twenty five minutes that are all the same size. Here is what changes when you count your day in pieces instead of guessing at it in hours.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Something close at hand</title><link>https://untimer.com/articles/something-close-at-hand/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://untimer.com/articles/something-close-at-hand/</guid><description>A goal that is months away does not pull, and a game that scores you every minute does. Milestones are Untimer&apos;s answer to that distance, and the research on rewards is why they are built the way they are.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Starting is the hard part</title><link>https://untimer.com/articles/starting-is-the-hard-part/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://untimer.com/articles/starting-is-the-hard-part/</guid><description>Most of what gets called procrastination is a starting problem. Untimer makes the start small, deliberate and cheap to walk away from, and here is why each of those matters.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Where the time went</title><link>https://untimer.com/articles/where-the-time-went/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://untimer.com/articles/where-the-time-went/</guid><description>After a few weeks the record of your days starts answering questions: what your time went to, when you focus best, and what usually pulls you away. Here is what each reading in Insights tells you.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A timer that never ticks</title><link>https://untimer.com/articles/a-timer-that-never-ticks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://untimer.com/articles/a-timer-that-never-ticks/</guid><description>Refresh the page and most browser timers forget you. Untimer does not, because nothing in it counts down. A session is one moment on a server, and every screen shows how far away it is.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stopping early is showing up</title><link>https://untimer.com/articles/stopping-early-is-showing-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://untimer.com/articles/stopping-early-is-showing-up/</guid><description>Untimer has no streaks, no points and no failure state. A session you stop counts for nothing, is said to be nothing, and is still on your record. Here is why.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Where you left off</title><link>https://untimer.com/articles/where-you-left-off/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://untimer.com/articles/where-you-left-off/</guid><description>An interruption does not end a session in Untimer. It is a tap, and a line about what it was. That line comes back to meet you when you return, and there is a study behind it.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why twenty five minutes, and why you cannot change it</title><link>https://untimer.com/articles/why-twenty-five-minutes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://untimer.com/articles/why-twenty-five-minutes/</guid><description>There is no evidence that twenty five minutes is the right length for a session. Untimer uses it anyway, and does not let you change it. Here is why both of those are true at once.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why you wind Untimer</title><link>https://untimer.com/articles/why-you-wind-untimer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://untimer.com/articles/why-you-wind-untimer/</guid><description>There is no start button. You press and hold the glass for two and a half seconds, and letting go is what starts the session. Here is why it works that way.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>