Hello everyone! Just wanted to know how you keep track of the time spent working on a project? I personally use an app called Toggl but I was curious if there was anything better on the market.
I don't have experience with Toggl, however I think aTimeLogger is a pretty good app for tracking time. It basically lets you do a stopwatch for different tasks and you can define as many tasks as you'd like. Also, it lets you go back and edit time when you forget to start/stop the timer (Something I'm guilty of quite often lol)
I was listening to the Vitaly Bulgarov podcast with Ash Thorpe, he just uses a simple sand timer, if you want to time yourself go hard core, no stopping allow :awesome:
It's not an app, but I use RescueTime on my computer. It tracks the time you spend in each program or on each website you visit and slots it into different categories like productive and unproductive (you can edit which websites/programs you consider productive/unproductive). It only counts the time spent in an active window so even if you have Maya running for hours, but only spend about 30 mins working in it, RescueTime will know. You can also set specific daily goals for yourself like "spend at least 3 hours in a creative program" or block certain websites that you spend more time on than you like. It's free and I personally really like it.
It's not an app, but I use RescueTime on my computer. It tracks the time you spend in each program or on each website you visit and slots it into different categories like productive and unproductive (you can edit which websites/programs you consider productive/unproductive). It only counts the time spent in an active window so even if you have Maya running for hours, but only spend about 30 mins working in it, RescueTime will know. You can also set specific daily goals for yourself like "spend at least 3 hours in a creative program" or block certain websites that you spend more time on than you like. It's free and I personally really like it.
I've been using Tomighty. You basically work in 25 mins and rest 5. On the 4th rest time you do 30 mins of rest. The methodology it's based from is called Pomodoro. Having great results with it!
I've been using Tomighty. You basically work in 25 mins and rest 5. On the 4th rest time you do 30 mins of rest. The methodology it's based from is called Pomodoro. Having great results with it!
good! I was looking for something who would remind me of taking small breaks!
I've been using Tomighty. You basically work in 25 mins and rest 5. On the 4th rest time you do 30 mins of rest. The methodology it's based from is called Pomodoro. Having great results with it!
good! I was looking for something who would remind me of taking small breaks!
The nice thing about it, is that because is only 25 mins, you give your best and are fully focused. And the 5 mins of rest are really rewarding, without noticing it you already worked almost 2 hours of PRODUCTIVE time. It really depends on the person, personally I burn out quickly so having those breaks are a deal breaker for me.
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