Poco Roboto: A Desktop Task Managment Solution for Improved Productivity
Course Instructor
Daniel Cliburn
Abstract
The Poco Roboto project aims to provide a solution for improving task management efficiency. Poco Roboto’s primary feature is to facilitate the user’s task management through a hybrid digital and analogue system, which will allow the user to quickly jot down tasks, and their associated due date and description, on preformatted cards, and scan the cards in to add them to a digital task bank allowing the user to create and manage tasks far more easily and quickly, capturing both the efficiency of analogue systems and the flexible organization of digital platforms. Poco Roboto’s support for active work segments through timeblocking techniques is accomplished primarily through a pomodoro timer. At any time, users can start a timer, consisting of 25 minutes of work, followed by a five minute break. The user can configure the duration of each segment of the Pomodoro, and may choose to select a task from the task bank. The user can mark tasks as complete while working. Poco Roboto aims to support user productivity through accountability. Task completion is framed in a positive light in the idle home view, where the robot is given a personality with an animated face, and users can view their most productive times and when tasks are completed in a dashboard view. Poco Roboto aims to be accessible. The config menu in the home view, allows the user to adjust contrast, color, and typefaces, and most functionalities are accessible through both voice commands and touch interface. Poco Roboto allows users to manage their tasks quickly, allowing for users to take more time completing work than planning it.
Poco Roboto: A Desktop Task Managment Solution for Improved Productivity
The Poco Roboto project aims to provide a solution for improving task management efficiency. Poco Roboto’s primary feature is to facilitate the user’s task management through a hybrid digital and analogue system, which will allow the user to quickly jot down tasks, and their associated due date and description, on preformatted cards, and scan the cards in to add them to a digital task bank allowing the user to create and manage tasks far more easily and quickly, capturing both the efficiency of analogue systems and the flexible organization of digital platforms. Poco Roboto’s support for active work segments through timeblocking techniques is accomplished primarily through a pomodoro timer. At any time, users can start a timer, consisting of 25 minutes of work, followed by a five minute break. The user can configure the duration of each segment of the Pomodoro, and may choose to select a task from the task bank. The user can mark tasks as complete while working. Poco Roboto aims to support user productivity through accountability. Task completion is framed in a positive light in the idle home view, where the robot is given a personality with an animated face, and users can view their most productive times and when tasks are completed in a dashboard view. Poco Roboto aims to be accessible. The config menu in the home view, allows the user to adjust contrast, color, and typefaces, and most functionalities are accessible through both voice commands and touch interface. Poco Roboto allows users to manage their tasks quickly, allowing for users to take more time completing work than planning it.
