Timer? Anyone? I am in need of a simple timer. I would prefer a simple web application for this, one that I could easily customize with my own preferences and needs.

Oh, never mind, I will just write my own. :D

Introducing my little productivity timer. I find, sometimes, that if I am having trouble getting started on a task all I have to do is make a deal with myself like, “If you work for 30 minutes on [this task], you can [have some reward]” More often then not I find myself well past the 30 minute limit before I realize that I deserve my reward. This has been effective for getting me going on a project or started on a task I am having a hard time caring about at the moment.

For those interested, I created a simple to use javascript timer utility class for this little project. The code is below and is stored as one of my gists on GitHub.

And as always, the code is free to use and modify and all that, and my implementation of it is also available for your own uses, modifications, etc.