But if I'm supposed to be doing something else, then it's a distraction. Likewise, sometimes when I'm in my IRC client, it's scheduled work collaborating with coworkers. RescueTime did not allow me to differentiate between developing code, debugging production issues, performing QC testing, writing documentation, etc, all of which take place in the same two programs. As a web developer, I spend pretty much all my working time either in a terminal or a web browser. Worse, it's model didn't really fit my usage patterns. There's a basic "add time" interface and that's about it. However, it did a very poor job allowing me to record off-computer time.
It even allowed me to lump email, IRC, and IM applications together into a "communication" category. It could measure, for example, how much time I spent doing email vs. I used it for a while, but I didn't find the output to be actionable. RescueTime is a program that sits in the background and watches what programs you use and what web sites you visit. Here's a quick review of the tools I looked at: Most existing time tracking tools are integrated as part of a larger project management suite and provide lots of great tools that got in my way since I am not a project manager. The short story is, although there are many choices out there, I found very little that met my personal requirements.
#Nozbe categories vs labels mac
I decided to go in search of time tracking tools for the Mac to see if I could find anything that would help. It was the title of chapter 2 of The Effective Executive and he emphasizes that it is difficult or impossible to become truly effective without this step. Drucker, master of all things management, commanded "Know Thy Time".
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