Why doesn’t it behave like a kitchen timer though? By that, I mean that no Start button would be needed, and that the time could be adjusted while the timer is running.
Hi, sorry about the delay of getting back to this.
Re 1 - yes, this was just a one off fun project and until now I haven't heard the word skeumorphic.
Re 2 - I spent full 5 years working in automotive industry after graduating in Mechanical engineering and it was out of necessity. I moved to Scotland for personal reasons and thought I will easily find another job with my previous mech eng/automotive skills. Turned out Scotland is not the best for these kind of jobs so I stumbled upon coding. And to be fair I never looked back. As much as I love automotive, I love the fact that you can create cool stuff just from your laptop from pretty much anywhere in the world.
Re 3 - I think engineering degree in general was a good aid in thinking about problem solving, but to be honest, I was always (and maybe still am) very average at things. But now I see that if you just stick to a project and actually ship it, it's much more then majority of other people who only keep it at the idea stage.
I love the skeuomorphic timer design. The reflections and surface modeling are brilliant. I will be greedy and ask – could you share how you made it? Thanks!
Not greedy at all, I'm happy to share. I basically just followed this tutorial on CSS Tricks - https://css-tricks.com/lets-make-one-of-those-fancy-scrollin... - but changes the images of airpods with frames from video of a 1 hour long actual physical pomodoro timer.
Thanks for linking it. Pomodoro is something that I come across every couple of years but I can never remember what's interesting about it and quickly forget what it is again.
Its amazing how this motion feels like you are receiving physical feedback on your fingers. My scroll wheel has some resistance (which i can disable with a switch) and it feels perfectly synced as if I am turning the timer with my own hands.
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* Is this a one-off toy, or is it part of a larger interest in skeuomorphic[1] design?
* Since your site[2] mentions you first tried to write code seriously at 27, did a prior interest in cars help lead you to programming?
* If not cars, did any interests help or hinder you?
1. https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/skeuomo...
2. https://trizuliak.com
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pomodoro+timer
https://www.amazon.com/dogsofamazon/ref=cs_503_d
I so wish Amazon was a better place to work, that's a least a nugget in the right direction.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29991715
But had to change the domain since as Francisco Cirillos lawyers were not happy with me using "pomodoro" in the domain.