Starts a pomodoro task, default is 25 minutes.

start-pomodoro.ps1

param (
    [string]$minutes = 25, # typically pomodoro tasks use 25 minutes or 'work' followed by a short break
    [string]$taskname = "Task"
)

$start=$(get-date);
$diff=$(get-date)-$start
$total=new-object TimeSpan -argumentList 0,$minutes,0

$t=get-date
Write-Host("'$taskname' started at $t")
while ($diff -lt $total) {
	write-progress -activity $diff -PercentComplete (($diff.TotalSeconds/$total.TotalSeconds)*100) -Status "Work on '$taskname' for $minutes minutes."
	sleep 1
	$diff=$(get-date)-$start
}

$t=get-date
Write-Host("'$taskname' completed at $t")
[console]::beep(2000,900)  
sleep 1