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Time Two Tell
By Spender | August 18, 2008
I started tracking my computer time and activities with Rescue Time. http://www.rescuetime.com/
According to Rescue Time’s statistics I’ve spent over 40 hours on the computer from Monday to Saturday. I was hoping to see how much time I was devoting to self promotion and blogging versus frivolous web surfing but it’s not exactly clear what I’ve been doing, according to the statistics. I thought the software would be more specific about tracking details of websites or applications but it seems to only give me a vague glimpse of my activity.
I’m still learning how to use the Rescue Time features that allow you to tag different categories and list website you’d like it to monitor. I thought I could just let the program track everything throughout the week and then interpret the results but it seems to take a bit more understanding and setup.
I found another program that might give me a better sense of what I’m doing on the web between blog reading, random Google searches and Facebook chatting. Time Tracker (free) www.formassembly.com/time-tracker/ It claims to “help you keep track of the time you spend on any task. Use it for time management, to improve the accuracy of your time estimates, or for any other purpose you may find useful.” I’m going to use it this week and see if it can give me a better picture of what exactly I’m doing in those 40 computer hours.
Finally, if I don’t make any progress with the above mentioned programs I could consider another another option. 8 A Week (free) http://8aweek.com/ This company claims the average employee spends over 8 hours per week surfing on the Internet and they want to help you make those hours more productive.
If I don’t make any headway with Time Tracker and Rescue Time I just may take a closer look at 8 A Week and its ability to ration your distractions and help you focus.
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