Comments on: Time Tracking, Part 4: RescueTime http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress/2008/02/07/time-tracking-part-4-rescuetime/ Tools and Trade Secrets for Aspiring Writers Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:13:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ethomaz http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress/2008/02/07/time-tracking-part-4-rescuetime/comment-page-1/#comment-169266 ethomaz Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:32:10 +0000 http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/02/07/time-tracking-part-4-rescuetime/#comment-169266 Hi Tom - We've recently introduced a new version of our time and activity analytics solution, Slife v2.0. It's now available for Mac/Windows and you can extend it to multiple users with Slife Teams.<br><br><a href="http://www.slifelabs.com">http://www.slifelabs.com</a><br><a href="http://www.slifeteams.com">http://www.slifeteams.com</a><br><br>It's similar to RescueTime in some ways. Give it a try - the Slife client is free. We would love to know what you think. Hi Tom – We've recently introduced a new version of our time and activity analytics solution, Slife v2.0. It's now available for Mac/Windows and you can extend it to multiple users with Slife Teams.

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http://www.slifeteams.com

It's similar to RescueTime in some ways. Give it a try – the Slife client is free. We would love to know what you think.

]]> By: Tom Colvin http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress/2008/02/07/time-tracking-part-4-rescuetime/comment-page-1/#comment-48282 Tom Colvin Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:39:56 +0000 http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/02/07/time-tracking-part-4-rescuetime/#comment-48282 Tony, thanks for your reply. I will, for sure, stay tuned. The list of ten improvements I received by email a couple weeks ago will certainly address some of my own concerns. And just in the past couple of days, I've received notice about improvements in the tagging routine that will come along in a matter of days. Rescue Time is, as far as I can tell, the leader in trying to bridge the gap between work done online and off. I will keep an eye on your progress. Meanwhile, I'll count on my weekly email overview, which will draw me back to your website to look into the details. Tony, thanks for your reply. I will, for sure, stay tuned. The list of ten improvements I received by email a couple weeks ago will certainly address some of my own concerns. And just in the past couple of days, I’ve received notice about improvements in the tagging routine that will come along in a matter of days.

Rescue Time is, as far as I can tell, the leader in trying to bridge the gap between work done online and off. I will keep an eye on your progress. Meanwhile, I’ll count on my weekly email overview, which will draw me back to your website to look into the details.

]]> By: Tony Wright http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress/2008/02/07/time-tracking-part-4-rescuetime/comment-page-1/#comment-48246 Tony Wright Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:32:53 +0000 http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/02/07/time-tracking-part-4-rescuetime/#comment-48246 Hey there-- Thanks for writing about us! I think your points are strong-- especially regarding getting a better understanding of documents and directories, for example. MS Word time isn't as interesting as understanding WHICH Word docs you are working on (or which Folder you're working in). Regarding the idle-timeout... It's currently set to 2 minutes. If you are prone to lots of reading time in front of your computer, it will certainly under-report. As people read on-screen, however, it's rare that they will not move their mouse or scroll for 2 minutes. We could increase the timeout, but that (of course) would result in over-reporting as it kept logging every time you left your computer. Do you think that'd do it for you? Regarding tagging, I think your experience is pretty common-- and we need to improve it. We are going to release a bulk-tagging option VERY soon (next week or two) to reduce the pain a bit there. Tagging filters (little rules to automagically tag things) are on the horizon too. Anyhoo-- stay tuned or check back in a few months. We're releasing improvements every week (in fact, your screenshots are already pretty out of date)! Thanks for the great insight. Cheers, -t Hey there– Thanks for writing about us!

I think your points are strong– especially regarding getting a better understanding of documents and directories, for example. MS Word time isn’t as interesting as understanding WHICH Word docs you are working on (or which Folder you’re working in).

Regarding the idle-timeout… It’s currently set to 2 minutes. If you are prone to lots of reading time in front of your computer, it will certainly under-report. As people read on-screen, however, it’s rare that they will not move their mouse or scroll for 2 minutes.

We could increase the timeout, but that (of course) would result in over-reporting as it kept logging every time you left your computer. Do you think that’d do it for you?

Regarding tagging, I think your experience is pretty common– and we need to improve it. We are going to release a bulk-tagging option VERY soon (next week or two) to reduce the pain a bit there. Tagging filters (little rules to automagically tag things) are on the horizon too.

Anyhoo– stay tuned or check back in a few months. We’re releasing improvements every week (in fact, your screenshots are already pretty out of date)!

Thanks for the great insight. Cheers, -t

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