Saturday, August 4, 2012

A Free Timer for My Desktop

Sometimes I spend too much time with my marketing--interacting with LinkedIN network discussions, floating around on Facebook.

I'm sure I'm the only person in the world to do that.

What I had tried to use before was a wind-up kitchen timer. It would buzz to remind me to move on to another project--namely, my current writing project. However, the timer broke. I won't mention where I bought it, but most of you would probably get it right in the first guess.

A week ago I downloaded a free countdown timer for my desktop.

The visual countdown display and the buzzer were just what I needed.

I had been reluctant to do this, though, because of the "gifts" that free downloads bring. I worked very hard with the download to uncheck the right boxes so that I would download only the timer, but I failed.

A new toolbar was added to my internet, which I had to uninstall. A straightforward set of instructions was provided with the download, but still . . . I hate fussing with that stuff.

However, I really like the timer. The countdown visual sits above any screen I'm working on (if I choose to let it), so I see it as a reminder. It's easy to set for hours, minutes, and seconds. I use the minutes setting for my marketing.

It works well--I've got twelve minutes left on it right now for today's session.

Here is the download URL: http://drive-software.com/freedesktoptimer.html

Just remember that I tried and failed at not downloading anything extra, so don't get mad at me if you have to read a bit and "uninstall" a toolbar also.

I want to add a photo to this post, so TIME'S UP! Happy writing to you.

Copyright 2012 by Thomas L. Kepler, all rights reserved

3 comments:

  1. Thanks, Tom. I am going to try it.

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  2. Thanks for sharing this, Tom. Time always gets away from me and I hate watching a clock but I may give this a try. I did download a Yahoo widget that has the weather, sticky notes and a timer on it, but I may try this anyway. It's a lot bigger for sure. Toolbars and things are always stuff you have to watch for on all these free downloads.

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  3. Thanks for sharing this, Tom. Time always gets away from me and I hate watching a clock but I may give this a try. I did download a Yahoo widget that has the weather, sticky notes and a timer on it, but I may try this anyway. It's a lot bigger for sure. Toolbars and things are always stuff you have to watch for on all these free downloads.

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