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Ask HN: What combination of tools do you use to track your day?

7 pointsby trendoidalmost 7 years ago
I know this is not a novel question. But I am thinking of tools that collect data that can be exported and combined together to give a complete picture of how my day was spent. Are there any set of tools you use that are more powerful as a combination than individually?

3 comments

zapperdapperalmost 7 years ago
I&#x27;m not quite sure what you want to track but here are a few I use:<p>- Google Docs spreadsheet to track all aspects finances - Google Docs spreadsheet to track work projects using GTD - Pedometer+ (iPhone) to track steps (target 10,000 a day)<p>Perhaps you were more interested in time-tracking tools? I know that two-thirds of my time is typically working and sleeping. I don&#x27;t do social media so no time wasted there.<p>There is an enormous list of time-tracking software (with ratings) here:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.capterra.com&#x2F;time-tracking-software&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.capterra.com&#x2F;time-tracking-software&#x2F;</a><p>The only one I have heard of is RescueTime, but there are tons more.<p>It&#x27;s the things you can&#x27;t predict that can mess up your schedule though - got home from a garden party Saturday and ended up having to deal with a swarm of bees that decided to come down our chimney...
rpodalmost 7 years ago
org-mode is extremely versatile and can be used to organize any kind of data. It has time-tracking support built-in, which I use to track my time at work (methodology inspired by <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;doc.norang.ca&#x2F;org-mode.html#Clocking" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;doc.norang.ca&#x2F;org-mode.html#Clocking</a>). Any other type of data you are tracking (e.g. step counter) you could export to org tables. Granted, it would require a bit of customization to generate custom reports&#x2F;summaries for these tables, but its customizability is exactly what makes it so powerful.
pinksalmost 7 years ago
I built a prototype of something like you describe, and felt that it really helped keep myself accountable. Happy to add you as a test user when I re-deploy it! Email is in my profile.