Matt Minuti <matt.min...@gmail.com> writes: > > I assume that Ken was looking for Linux-compatible solutions... > > Joshua, I'd be interested in seeing what you've found to be helpful. > I've been using spreadsheets with some success, but I'd love to try > out something else.
The last tracker that I used and liked, when tracking billable hours mattered to me, was gtimelog <http://mg.pov.lt/gtimelog/>. It's a very lightweight tool, sort-of antithetical to the way most other time-trackers work: tasks-names are entered, as text (with autocompletion), when the task is finished or when you switch *away* from that task to another task; and there's some `lightweight markup' (leading asterisks) used to indicate whether a task is billable or non-billable (`work' vs. `slacking'). These days, I'm using org-mode <http://orgmode.org/>--mostly to do up-front time-estimates, and for thinking through things like root-cause analysis problems; because org-mode joins those tasks together really cleanly. It's emacs-based, which, in and of itself, turns some people and some people off; though I've heard rumours that some people actually start using emacs just for the sake of org-mode--it's that compelling. It also has a pretty nice companion app (`org-mobile') for both Android and the Apple things. Actually, there's apparently an org-mode implementation for Vim as well: <http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3342> Years ago, I wrote my own thing in Guile & GTK+, which just gave me a set of customisable buttons that I could click when I moved between tasks (sort-of like gtimelog). -- "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Stacie Andrews > <sta...@provadomarketing.com> wrote: > > ManicTime and RescueTime are both great. Works in the background and shows > > what applications you actually used. You can turn a timer on for specific > > tasks. > > > > Stacie Andrews > > CTO, Owner of Provado Marketing Solutions, Inc. > > > > www.provadomarketing.com > > Hiring: provadomarketing.jobscore.com > > Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stacieandrews > > > > Cell. 917-830-5534 > > Office. 801-938-4226 > > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen <roz...@geekspace.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> "Ken D'Ambrosio" <k...@jots.org> writes: > >> > > >> > Hey, all. I know we have a fair number of contractors here, and I was > >> > wondering if anyone has a time tracker piece of software they > >> > particularly enjoy. This is for my own personal use, so I'm just > >> > looking for straightforward: something to track time, what I did during > >> > that time, and (preferably) some sort of calendar interface to check it > >> > all out. > >> > >> Assuming the `(web-based)' requirement is strict: > >> have you tried Redmine <http://www.redmine.org/>, > >> or Horde+Hermes <http://www.horde.org/apps/hermes/>? > >> > >> If the requirement for the tool to be web-basd is less strict, > >> I can make some other suggestions for things that I've used > >> and liked. > >> > >> -- > >> "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list > >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
