www.rescuetime.com does something similar—it tracks program names and window titles, and which have the focus, and you can group them into different categories and assign desirability weightings to each category. You can use it personally, or as a group and then see reports on how productive you are day by day against your own productivity measures.
Because it logs everything i do on the computer, at the end of the day i can always check my progress and how much and where my time goes.
I have set goals: 6h of work, 1h of learning a day. And all the activities basically go into 3 large groups: work, fun, learn. It works very very well. At the end of the week it feels nice to check out how much work you have or haven’t done.
I’ve also been experimenting with Rescuetime, with mixed results.
Pros: It makes me more aware of the amount of time I spend procrastinating, and the popup it throws at me after 5 minuates of inactivity can get me back on task if my procrastination takes the form of non-computer stuff.
Cons: I don’t feel like I’m procrastinating less, and my efficiency graphs definitely confirm that impression.
www.rescuetime.com does something similar—it tracks program names and window titles, and which have the focus, and you can group them into different categories and assign desirability weightings to each category. You can use it personally, or as a group and then see reports on how productive you are day by day against your own productivity measures.
No screenshots, though.
I’m using rescuetime as an eye of sauron.
Because it logs everything i do on the computer, at the end of the day i can always check my progress and how much and where my time goes.
I have set goals: 6h of work, 1h of learning a day. And all the activities basically go into 3 large groups: work, fun, learn. It works very very well. At the end of the week it feels nice to check out how much work you have or haven’t done.
Here is how one of the better days looks like: http://i.imgur.com/zq2dZ.png
I’ve also been experimenting with Rescuetime, with mixed results.
Pros: It makes me more aware of the amount of time I spend procrastinating, and the popup it throws at me after 5 minuates of inactivity can get me back on task if my procrastination takes the form of non-computer stuff.
Cons: I don’t feel like I’m procrastinating less, and my efficiency graphs definitely confirm that impression.