Here is another approach to this auto-clocking question.
Maybe what you really want to track is not how much time you spend on a
specific task but rather how you distribute your time over the tasks.
In this case, you don't need to explicitely clock in and out. You can
act as if a clock was alway
So, I dig the idea of automatic clocking. I've been trying to use the manual
clock feature and I haven't been able to train myself to do it very reliably.
I think the big problem is that I don't have a big stake in it. I'm not
billing different accounts for my time. The only one who sees the
If something like this were implemented, I would definitely try it, as
a way to see where I am wasting effort etc. in the org hierarchy. I
might even use it all the time, if it works.
However, I would probably want it to apply to all headlines above a
certain level, and measure all activity below