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Hi,
I need a program free prefered by paid is ok. To track the time I spend on each software daily so that I can figure out where I'm wasting most of my time as I dont think I'm being productive enough with my mISV and I can improve it. Please list software that you use to keep track of the time you spend in front of each software.. like adobe, IE, FF, vs2005.. etc.
Traki Tuesday, August 05, 2008
I'd prefer a desktop app over webbased. I dont want any website tracking my activity :)
I need something locally installed on the desktop.. but yes rescuetime is what I was looking for but a non webbased.
Traki Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Does it cost PC performance?
Seems like having something constantly running in the background tracking what you are doing might really slow down a machine.
>Seems like having something constantly running in the
>background ... might really slow down a machine. Generally they run on a timer and only take a snapshot every 'n' minutes. Your computer has lots of background tasks that only wake up occiasonally to do something - the computer (or rather the operating system) is designed for this.
Tracki, like tc7 said, RescueTime sounds like what you want. I suppose the very small app installed eats a few cpu cycles, but I've noticed no performance degradation.
I wrote TimeSprite for exactly that reason:
http://www.timesprite.com
hmm..
I cant find any good ones.. I'm contemplating writing my own and maybe it will turn into my 30DayChallenge product. :)
Traki Wednesday, August 06, 2008 |
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