Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Code Project
  1. Home
  2. The Lounge
  3. Need a Personal Productivity Time Monitor [modified]

Need a Personal Productivity Time Monitor [modified]

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved The Lounge
databasecomtoolshelpannouncement
13 Posts 7 Posters 0 Views 1 Watching
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • S Offline
    S Offline
    Shamit Kumar Tomar
    wrote on last edited by
    #1

    OK, so lately a lot of my time is wasting in procrastination and reading news, blogs, Digg, Reddit, etc. ;P . Problem is that it is now degrading my productivity to a point where I can't afford to go on like this. I want a small software to monitor how much time I spent per project. All it needs is a drop-down to select a project and two buttons, "Start" and "Stop". When I start working on a project, I will select from dropdown and click start and click stop when I'm done. About reporting, nothing fancy, just a list of total time I spent per project daily. :rolleyes: I googled and found a few apps like this but they all are either overkill or have a mandatory thing that if I move my mouse, it start recording time. I don't want any auto-magic / auto-start complex apps, just a small tiny one that can run in my tray. Ahh, I work on Windows and am a freelancer, so I got to keep a watch on me, myself. (BTW, I tried this[^] and it is the worst app :mad:). Thanks, in advance.

    Procrastination and Improvisation are my two swords to fight life.

    D S H N A 6 Replies Last reply
    0
    • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

      OK, so lately a lot of my time is wasting in procrastination and reading news, blogs, Digg, Reddit, etc. ;P . Problem is that it is now degrading my productivity to a point where I can't afford to go on like this. I want a small software to monitor how much time I spent per project. All it needs is a drop-down to select a project and two buttons, "Start" and "Stop". When I start working on a project, I will select from dropdown and click start and click stop when I'm done. About reporting, nothing fancy, just a list of total time I spent per project daily. :rolleyes: I googled and found a few apps like this but they all are either overkill or have a mandatory thing that if I move my mouse, it start recording time. I don't want any auto-magic / auto-start complex apps, just a small tiny one that can run in my tray. Ahh, I work on Windows and am a freelancer, so I got to keep a watch on me, myself. (BTW, I tried this[^] and it is the worst app :mad:). Thanks, in advance.

      Procrastination and Improvisation are my two swords to fight life.

      D Offline
      D Offline
      DaveAuld
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      emm, If your a developer why don't you knock one up, should take you oh lets say, 5 minutes?

      Dave Don't forget to rate messages!
      Find Me On: Web|Facebook|Twitter|LinkedIn
      Waving? dave.m.auld[at]googlewave.com

      S 1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

        OK, so lately a lot of my time is wasting in procrastination and reading news, blogs, Digg, Reddit, etc. ;P . Problem is that it is now degrading my productivity to a point where I can't afford to go on like this. I want a small software to monitor how much time I spent per project. All it needs is a drop-down to select a project and two buttons, "Start" and "Stop". When I start working on a project, I will select from dropdown and click start and click stop when I'm done. About reporting, nothing fancy, just a list of total time I spent per project daily. :rolleyes: I googled and found a few apps like this but they all are either overkill or have a mandatory thing that if I move my mouse, it start recording time. I don't want any auto-magic / auto-start complex apps, just a small tiny one that can run in my tray. Ahh, I work on Windows and am a freelancer, so I got to keep a watch on me, myself. (BTW, I tried this[^] and it is the worst app :mad:). Thanks, in advance.

        Procrastination and Improvisation are my two swords to fight life.

        S Offline
        S Offline
        Saurabh Garg
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        Well you are a programmer and if your requirements are so simple then why not write it yourself? -Saurabh

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • D DaveAuld

          emm, If your a developer why don't you knock one up, should take you oh lets say, 5 minutes?

          Dave Don't forget to rate messages!
          Find Me On: Web|Facebook|Twitter|LinkedIn
          Waving? dave.m.auld[at]googlewave.com

          S Offline
          S Offline
          Shamit Kumar Tomar
          wrote on last edited by
          #4

          Hmm, I think I should procrastinate my procrastination ;P and write myself one. I thought there must be a ready-made solution other people are using. Am I the first one needing it?

          Procrastination and Improvisation are my two swords to fight life.

          1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

            OK, so lately a lot of my time is wasting in procrastination and reading news, blogs, Digg, Reddit, etc. ;P . Problem is that it is now degrading my productivity to a point where I can't afford to go on like this. I want a small software to monitor how much time I spent per project. All it needs is a drop-down to select a project and two buttons, "Start" and "Stop". When I start working on a project, I will select from dropdown and click start and click stop when I'm done. About reporting, nothing fancy, just a list of total time I spent per project daily. :rolleyes: I googled and found a few apps like this but they all are either overkill or have a mandatory thing that if I move my mouse, it start recording time. I don't want any auto-magic / auto-start complex apps, just a small tiny one that can run in my tray. Ahh, I work on Windows and am a freelancer, so I got to keep a watch on me, myself. (BTW, I tried this[^] and it is the worst app :mad:). Thanks, in advance.

            Procrastination and Improvisation are my two swords to fight life.

            H Offline
            H Offline
            Harvey Saayman
            wrote on last edited by
            #5

            I actually wrote one a few weeks ago... Not because I procrastinate, but because when I do my time sheets I don't have to guess how much time was spent on a task or forget what I was working on on a specific day.

            Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL you.suck = (you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer && you.Passion != Programming) 1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111

            S 1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

              OK, so lately a lot of my time is wasting in procrastination and reading news, blogs, Digg, Reddit, etc. ;P . Problem is that it is now degrading my productivity to a point where I can't afford to go on like this. I want a small software to monitor how much time I spent per project. All it needs is a drop-down to select a project and two buttons, "Start" and "Stop". When I start working on a project, I will select from dropdown and click start and click stop when I'm done. About reporting, nothing fancy, just a list of total time I spent per project daily. :rolleyes: I googled and found a few apps like this but they all are either overkill or have a mandatory thing that if I move my mouse, it start recording time. I don't want any auto-magic / auto-start complex apps, just a small tiny one that can run in my tray. Ahh, I work on Windows and am a freelancer, so I got to keep a watch on me, myself. (BTW, I tried this[^] and it is the worst app :mad:). Thanks, in advance.

              Procrastination and Improvisation are my two swords to fight life.

              N Offline
              N Offline
              Nxsis
              wrote on last edited by
              #6

              We are using this one, however its a commercial one. It's advantage is, that it is implemented on several (mobile) platforms.

              S 1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

                OK, so lately a lot of my time is wasting in procrastination and reading news, blogs, Digg, Reddit, etc. ;P . Problem is that it is now degrading my productivity to a point where I can't afford to go on like this. I want a small software to monitor how much time I spent per project. All it needs is a drop-down to select a project and two buttons, "Start" and "Stop". When I start working on a project, I will select from dropdown and click start and click stop when I'm done. About reporting, nothing fancy, just a list of total time I spent per project daily. :rolleyes: I googled and found a few apps like this but they all are either overkill or have a mandatory thing that if I move my mouse, it start recording time. I don't want any auto-magic / auto-start complex apps, just a small tiny one that can run in my tray. Ahh, I work on Windows and am a freelancer, so I got to keep a watch on me, myself. (BTW, I tried this[^] and it is the worst app :mad:). Thanks, in advance.

                Procrastination and Improvisation are my two swords to fight life.

                A Offline
                A Offline
                Anish M
                wrote on last edited by
                #7

                Did you check out ToDo List[^]? The tool will help you track your time, but procrastination...

                S 1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • H Harvey Saayman

                  I actually wrote one a few weeks ago... Not because I procrastinate, but because when I do my time sheets I don't have to guess how much time was spent on a task or forget what I was working on on a specific day.

                  Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL you.suck = (you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer && you.Passion != Programming) 1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111

                  S Offline
                  S Offline
                  Shamit Kumar Tomar
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #8

                  Can you share it, please?

                  Procrastination and Improvisation are my two swords to fight life.

                  1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • A Anish M

                    Did you check out ToDo List[^]? The tool will help you track your time, but procrastination...

                    S Offline
                    S Offline
                    Shamit Kumar Tomar
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #9

                    Thanks :laugh: That looks promising

                    Anish M wrote:

                    but procrastination...

                    If I can monitor my time, I can handle procrastination. :cool:

                    Procrastination and Improvisation are my two swords to fight life.

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • N Nxsis

                      We are using this one, however its a commercial one. It's advantage is, that it is implemented on several (mobile) platforms.

                      S Offline
                      S Offline
                      Shamit Kumar Tomar
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #10

                      Wow :-D Thanks.

                      Procrastination and Improvisation are my two swords to fight life.

                      N 1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

                        Wow :-D Thanks.

                        Procrastination and Improvisation are my two swords to fight life.

                        N Offline
                        N Offline
                        Nxsis
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #11

                        You're welcome :-) I think there is even a free version with some limitations, though I actually do not have to care about that, as our company has purchased an enterprise license. ;P

                        S 1 Reply Last reply
                        0
                        • S Shamit Kumar Tomar

                          OK, so lately a lot of my time is wasting in procrastination and reading news, blogs, Digg, Reddit, etc. ;P . Problem is that it is now degrading my productivity to a point where I can't afford to go on like this. I want a small software to monitor how much time I spent per project. All it needs is a drop-down to select a project and two buttons, "Start" and "Stop". When I start working on a project, I will select from dropdown and click start and click stop when I'm done. About reporting, nothing fancy, just a list of total time I spent per project daily. :rolleyes: I googled and found a few apps like this but they all are either overkill or have a mandatory thing that if I move my mouse, it start recording time. I don't want any auto-magic / auto-start complex apps, just a small tiny one that can run in my tray. Ahh, I work on Windows and am a freelancer, so I got to keep a watch on me, myself. (BTW, I tried this[^] and it is the worst app :mad:). Thanks, in advance.

                          Procrastination and Improvisation are my two swords to fight life.

                          R Offline
                          R Offline
                          Roger Wright
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #12

                          I've made one New Years Resolution in the past 30 years, and it's the only one I've kept in my life. That was to put more things off. I haven't got around to making any more resolutions since then, though I keep meaning to. :-O As Newton so elegantly described, all energy eventually ends up as heat, adding to the total entropy of the Universe and reducing the overall organization of things. In a nutshell, all energy is wasted, so why bother trying to get organized? It's a losing battle. Save your energy, and wallow in the glory of being one with the Universe. God designed it that way, so who are we to argue?

                          "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          • N Nxsis

                            You're welcome :-) I think there is even a free version with some limitations, though I actually do not have to care about that, as our company has purchased an enterprise license. ;P

                            S Offline
                            S Offline
                            Shamit Kumar Tomar
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #13

                            Yes, using the free version. Will purchase if it feels good for a couple of days.

                            Procrastination and Improvisation are my two swords to fight life.

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            Reply
                            • Reply as topic
                            Log in to reply
                            • Oldest to Newest
                            • Newest to Oldest
                            • Most Votes


                            • Login

                            • Don't have an account? Register

                            • Login or register to search.
                            • First post
                              Last post
                            0
                            • Categories
                            • Recent
                            • Tags
                            • Popular
                            • World
                            • Users
                            • Groups