Where Does All The Time Go?
If you’ve ever wondered where all the time goes you might want to start using Rescue Time to find out.
This combined system tray widget and web service logs your computer activities throughout the day, classifying the applications and sites you are using so that you can set yourself some process goals.
RescueTime Blog via kwout
Time spent on different activities can be assessed and analyzed to bring your behavior more in line with your goals. After an initial set up period where you tag your regular sites and application the tool just about runs itself.
The application is currently available in a personal edition and soon will also be available in a team edition that logs and analysis activities for an entire workgroup, allowing comparisons to be made between the work practices of individuals and changes in team practices over time.
RescueTime can be a powerful tool for personal reflection, revealing the extent of distractions, or the degree of overcommitment or under-commitment to certain tasks and processes. Used well it can provide real insights, used badly it can encourage the worst kind of stressful micromanagement.
On it’s own it is an efficient measuring tool. Used to inform a time management practice it becomes an important guide to effectiveness.
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