Comments on: Watch with RescueTime http://openpad.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/watch-with-rescuetime/ about open content, open research, Open University, open anything, ... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:33:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tom Jones http://openpad.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/watch-with-rescuetime/#comment-181 Tom Jones Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:07:18 +0000 http://openpad.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-181 Just found an alternative and I wanted to share it with you guys... FruitfulTime ProductivityMeter by www.fruitfultime.com - it's offline and freeware! Just found an alternative and I wanted to share it with you guys… FruitfulTime ProductivityMeter by http://www.fruitfultime.com – it’s offline and freeware!

]]> By: Tom Jones http://openpad.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/watch-with-rescuetime/#comment-176 Tom Jones Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:52:16 +0000 http://openpad.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-176 I signed an account with RescueTime but stopped using it after 2 days since I am a little bit concerned about my privacy. Should I be concerned? I have read in several blogs that people are not using RescueTime or deleting off their account due to privacy issues! Does anybody knows about an offline similar product? I signed an account with RescueTime but stopped using it after 2 days since I am a little bit concerned about my privacy. Should I be concerned? I have read in several blogs that people are not using RescueTime or deleting off their account due to privacy issues!

Does anybody knows about an offline similar product?

]]> By: Gill http://openpad.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/watch-with-rescuetime/#comment-155 Gill Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:53:59 +0000 http://openpad.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-155 RescueTime is much more interesting than I expected. May change as I get more time logged, but thus far I don't waste half as much time as I thought I did on what I've tagged as "social networking" activities(blogs, RSS feeds, twittering). They're about 6th in my top ten. Word, reading literature on the web and email are the top three, with word WAY ahead. Time management is next, so I guess that does match your experience although I'd expect that to drop quickly. It does make me wonder why my perception of what I do when I'm online is so far from the reality. RescueTime is much more interesting than I expected. May change as I get more time logged, but thus far I don’t waste half as much time as I thought I did on what I’ve tagged as “social networking” activities(blogs, RSS feeds, twittering). They’re about 6th in my top ten. Word, reading literature on the web and email are the top three, with word WAY ahead. Time management is next, so I guess that does match your experience although I’d expect that to drop quickly. It does make me wonder why my perception of what I do when I’m online is so far from the reality.

]]> By: Patrick http://openpad.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/watch-with-rescuetime/#comment-152 Patrick Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:12:11 +0000 http://openpad.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-152 I think the surprise was the amount of time spent on ThinkingRock - it does make me wonder whether it just makes me *feel* more focused. I also agree about the need to integrate TR with other things - the format is open and XML but so far I have not found anyone who has parsed and linked it to e.g. the Remember the Milk API. it is such an obvious thing to do somebody must have. I think the surprise was the amount of time spent on ThinkingRock – it does make me wonder whether it just makes me *feel* more focused. I also agree about the need to integrate TR with other things – the format is open and XML but so far I have not found anyone who has parsed and linked it to e.g. the Remember the Milk API. it is such an obvious thing to do somebody must have.

]]> By: Gill http://openpad.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/watch-with-rescuetime/#comment-150 Gill Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:03:33 +0000 http://openpad.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-150 That's really interesting. I've been using ThinkingRock since reading about it on your blog and so far I'm finding it quite useful. I like its flexibility, although I think I would like it better if it were integrated into something else I used regularly, like my iPod touch, so that I could easily check up on outstanding tasks. I've avoided Rescuetime because I'm a bit worried about what it would show :-) . I guess that probably suggests that I should give it a whirl. I'd like to think I spend lots of time in the online library and looking up refs on google scholar or google books, what I probably do is spend a disproportionate amount of time reading blogs (emails is not a big timewaster for me). Did rescuetime show you anything you did not already expect? That’s really interesting. I’ve been using ThinkingRock since reading about it on your blog and so far I’m finding it quite useful. I like its flexibility, although I think I would like it better if it were integrated into something else I used regularly, like my iPod touch, so that I could easily check up on outstanding tasks.

I’ve avoided Rescuetime because I’m a bit worried about what it would show :-) . I guess that probably suggests that I should give it a whirl. I’d like to think I spend lots of time in the online library and looking up refs on google scholar or google books, what I probably do is spend a disproportionate amount of time reading blogs (emails is not a big timewaster for me).

Did rescuetime show you anything you did not already expect?

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