Hot answers tagged time-tracking
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ManicTime is a time tracking application that allows you to collect your time spent, use it to denote what you spent your time on and analyze where you spent your time. This allows you track your tasks, and more than that if you feel it could be useful in other parts of your life.
Auto tracking of computer usage
Manictime sits in the background and ...
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Did you try Trello?
It's
free
web-based (so u can access from anywhere)
can easily collaborate with other project partners (if any)
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Disclaimer: This is purely my opinion, and what works for me may not work for others.
I've noticed that as I'm working on a given task, I'm sometimes switching to another task for a couple of minutes.
I'm starting to think that my tasks may be too small (some are less than an hour) and/or too closely related to each other.
These two sentences ...
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I use RescueTime, it's great!
It has superb reporting, you can see your activity per day, week, month, etc.
Another awesome feature is that it can distinguish between productive activity and non-productive activity, you can view per category / application how much time you have spent on it.
You can checkout Scott Hanselman's review for further details:
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The tag "time-tracking" tag does not give many good answers/suggestions,
but the project management sister site has a few good ones:
http://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/3650/what-time-tracking-time-management-software-do-you-use
http://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/3874/how-to-accurately-track-the-time-a-contractor-spends-on-a-project
A few years ago ...
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Watches are a neglected tool. My biggest issues are that most of them take a (relatively) long time to do simple things, and that most make noise whereas I usually want a vibration.
My mutewatch solves both of those problems, although introduces some new ones unique to it.
I had high hopes for my motoactv but there's no SDK yet.
I had an earlier version ...
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I think you want Evernote with some add-ons from the trunk.
Evernote lets you clip sections or full web pages, create notes, import files. You can do it from a browser add-on, a web application, a desktop program, or a handheld device (iOS, android,others) Anything you add from one client is very quickly available from all other clients.
The Evernote ...
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Whatever you've tried, you've found a way to defeat it. Tools will only get you so far.
You need to train yourself to not wander. I struggle with the same thing, but for different reasons.
One thing that has worked is I ask myself before I click on a link:
"Why am I going there?"
If you have a productive, defined purpose for going there, then go there.
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I believe your switching from one task to another can cause because of any of following reasons.
1. First you have not identified the dependency between the tasks.
2. You cannot visualize the tasks (in to-do list)
I believe it is better to have a way to visualize the tasks of your to-do list.
Try using KANBAN board (Electronic or just a white board)
Main ...
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The work time is usually limited to a similar amount every day but time is not strictly related to productivity. I personally understand productivity as a standard output unit over time, meaning a higher output in the same time interval suggests an increase in productivity. Taking for example an industry employee who's supposed to pack boxes: if he manages ...
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Well, for my needs I developed WindowListener (win based, but runs on Mono in Linux):
http://29algorithms.com/wordpress/projects/window-listener-0-8
http://freshmeat.net/projects/window-listener
It does exactly what you as of it: track time on windows, applications, supports tagging, searching.
Hope it helps ;)
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I use TimeSnapper Pro. This program automatically takes screenshots at a pre-determined interval but is smart about it so that only a limited amount of disk space is used. It also records the program being used or the web site being viewed and characterizes the time as productive or unproductive.
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I've broken everything into small tasks
Divide and conquer approach is useful, but could be harmful as in your case. My personal approach is to divide and conquer may be a technique for design but design does not end there.
You need to create components where each component contains highly dependent artifacts. These components are not necessarily OO ...
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The thing that has helped us improve our estimates is not directly related to accurate time tracking, but has been utilizing the agile processes of two week iterations and "planning poker". We use planning poker to estimate each issue we assign to an iteration. You can google it for further details. The basic idea is each team member flashes a card at the ...
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It's still in development (the fundraising Kickstarter only recently ended), but if you have a smartphone, the Pebble watch will be all kinds of up your alley.
It remains to be seen what people will do with it (I'm interested in developing for it, once I get mine), but it's designed to communicate with your phone via Bluetooth and therefore it should, in ...
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I’m the developer of a program called yaTimer (not free but reasonably priced – if you can’t afford it send me a message using the contact form and we’ll work something out) that does what you need, it's very simple to use and let you quickly create and switch between tasks - it also let you export the data to a spreadsheet if you don’t like the built-in ...
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I use an iOS app called Pomio for iPhone and iPad. It records everything and creates a simple timesheet.
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You could try Workrave. It's a tool to help prevent RSI rather than a time management tool, but it keeps track of mouse movement and number of keystrokes.
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The first thing to do is convince yourself that you will be more productive by taking breaks. And you will. You aren't thinking at 100% efficiency if you don't eat and sleep.
The Pomodoro technique emphasizes the need to take a break regularly. You will probably find a 5 minute break every 25 minutes too far from where you are to start there. (I only do ...
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My advice would be to try and break your task down into much smaller sub-tasks. I believe that most tasks are not atomic, and can be spit into smaller parts. Try and get your one mega-task down to smaller tasks which will take no more than an hour or two to complete.
By doing this, you can attack each task with the voracity that is your natural style, ...
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I've used Rescue Time, but unfortunately, they don't offer the (free) ability to track time across your browsing, only showing that you were using a browser during that time.
I'm a long term user of Rescue Time (most of the time the free version) and I can see my time spent divided by different website. I think you do not have the proper plugin/addon ...
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There is a bookmarklet called Paymo-timer
Just drag it to your bookmarks bar and you can use it to launch the timer directly.
In case you want to create it manually, here's the code:
javascript:(function ...
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I was coming here to firstly suggest manictime, as I used to use this and it is a good all around tracking program. However, this was overkill and I too only wanted to know my active hours, so ditched it for KeyStrokes.
This is a lightweight option which tracks keyboard usage over the day: Keystrokes Homepage.
The only downside is that it does not track ...
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So to promote this from the commends - as a linux user I'd set a line in the cron table that increments a counter every minute and then when you got up to your particular limit to ring an alarm.
Something I've done occasionally is simply not taken my laptop charger with me - built in limit on your work. (A handy bonus thing here is if one's other half ...
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Awareness is a program that just remember you to take a break without an intrusive alarm only the sound of a Tibetan singing bowl
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I personally use Remember the Milk, which serves the requirements you have, expect that it does run in a browser but with google gears you can also run it offline within Chrome, if that is an option for you
Reminders though due dates
Browser Window can be moved to second monitor
Different lists with the tagging funtion and saving searches for tags
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Time Tracker 2 Go - www.timetracker2go.com - is an iPhone app that helps consultants keep track of time spent at a customer's location. It uses the location awareness of the phone to determine when the consultant arrives at the customer's location and when they leave. The consultant does not have to remember to record when they arrive or depart. Time ...
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We had been testing out several time tracking software before to fit our needs (outsourcing) but they were all a flop. Most endorsements said they can help to make time tracking a bit easier but most of them have complexities on their app. Perhaps a time tracker or a project management software that integrates google apps is more efficient in organizing ...
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I use the same software as tcrosley - TSheets time tracker. It does seem that this software would be fitting for this situation because it does allow for manual time entry and can produce the desired reports at months end. When I signed up for TSheets I integrated it into FreshBooks since I was already using that software for invoicing. I've been happy with ...
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Crisply can do this. I am the co-founder of a product called Crisply. Crisply integrates with your calendar and the other systems that you use. We have a video overview on the website: http://crisply.com. Crisply is a revolutionary time tracking system that builds a draft of your timesheet automatically to take the pain out of time tracking. Crisply is free ...
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