Comments on: Doing A Time Audit

By: LJ Earnest

LJ Earnest — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:11:57 +0000

In reply to Zak. The article you referenced is a great place to start if you are curious about Time Doctor. It answered a lot of my questions.

By: Zak

Zak — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:04:11 +0000

In reply to LJ Earnest.

Hi LJ, great post thanks for sharing. I’m a bit obsessed with productivity and I also read books for time management including Tim Ferriss 4-Hour Workweek. I also use time tracking for productivity purposes and I also try RescueTime. Using this tool helps me improve productivity, keeps me organize and focus at work. However, I feel that there is still something missing from it. Then I try something new and I found this tool fits my needs. Using this tool it tracks time accurately on different tasks. I also use this tool to set an estimated amount of time when working on each task. With this tool I can manage time efficiently with the help of self discipline. You can check this article that discusses comparative reports about Rescuetime and an alternative tool.
http://blog.timedoctor.com/2010/07/25/how-is-time-doctor-different-than-rescue-time)

By: LJ Earnest

LJ Earnest — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:44:48 +0000

In reply to Tom Morgan. I will check this out for home. Thankfully, all social media is blocked at work. Or it was, until our CEO implemented Yammer...

By: LJ Earnest

LJ Earnest — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:40:54 +0000

In reply to kevINSIGHT.

I didn’t mention Rescue Time because I still haven’t managed to get it set up properly. I’ve been running it on my computer for a few months, but it’s been so-so as to my real work content. This might be good for a future article…

By: kevINSIGHT

kevINSIGHT — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:56:51 +0000

I’ve had good results with “Rescue Time.” It sits in the system tray in Windows and is pretty adept at identifying and categorizing computer time usage. It works on other platforms as well.

By: Tom Morgan

Tom Morgan — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:42:07 +0000

If you spend a large portion of your day tied to your computer (for instance, I’m a software engineer), you can get really useful tools which monitor which applications you use during the day. You might be surprised how often you check Facebook!

I use Manic Time (http://www.manictime.com/) but I’m sure others are available…

-tom