The Simplest Countdown Timer Ever

An experiment in making the simplest possible timeboxing timer, driving ideas:

1. People should have a vague idea of time left.

• A clock is too distracting - people end up watching seconds tick one at a time.
• Conversely, with no idea of time left, it's too easy to overrun as discussions get bogged down.
• Announcing the time remaining at certain points in the meeting interrupts conversations.

2. No distracting movement or colours - ever tried handling a meeting when there's anything moving on the TV monitor?
3. One circle = 1 hour for a consistent frame of reference. If you're timeboxing over 1 hour you are doing it wrong anyway.
4. No pause. Pausing is cheating.

The question is: Can a constantly visible, but unintrusive, tool encourage better use of timeboxed meetings?

Available at timeboxing.rocks

Using / Development

lein cljsbuild auto # or once

Then open index.html