Maybe that reflects better what is the reality for most people in office jobs: some predictable with many unpredictable tasks, many possible distractions (email

Maybe that reflects better what is the reality for most people in office jobs: some predictable with many unpredictable tasks, many possible distractions (email!) and the most manageable gain is simply by forcing short-term focus? Or also that pomodoro can be used with a variety of tasks. Cal's ideas (which also appear in many forms in other books) aren't really much/always applicable to my and I assume many other people's lives.