In IT, as in all professionals works, we often feel to “miss” time. Weeks after weeks, we may imagine ourself rowing in desert.
That’s why, in february last year, i opened an account on RescueTime. For the 10 monthes of 2012, it shows up some perspective:
That’s 2418 hous in total, or 6.6h per day in 7/7 …. Another thing, we easily see the holidays (holes).
Their software screen directly used software and get it’s own database to classify them. Even installed on my smartphone, to get the big picture.
Their classification is good with few errors, which can be corrected directly.
The increasing interest in digging by type of activity, for example, I’m more development in late:
By software:
We can even compare ourself to others using their software:
This solution does not allow me to spare time or significantly increase my productivity… But at least I can measure it and know how it happened, which is a first step 🙂