For the Beach Boys album, see Hawthorne, CA (album). Hawthorne is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city at the 2010 census had a population of 84,293, up from 84,112 in 2000. In 2013, the population was 86,199.
A pomodoro kitchen timer, after which the method is named. The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. These intervals are named pomodoros, the plural in English of the Italian word pomodoro (tomato), after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer that Cirillo used as a university student.
1 Youâre entitled to an uninterrupted break of 20 minutes if you work more than six hours at a time. 2  Make full and good use of your lunch hour. 3  The quality of your break is more important than how long it is.4  Make sure you focus your attention on something else to give you a break from the work youâre doing.nd break... Here are our golden rules when it comes to having breaks at work. 1  Take a five to 10 minute break every hour if possible. 2  Youâre entitled to an uninterrupted break of 20 minutes if you work more than six hours at a time.