Comments on: Time Tracking

By: CrossTecDoug

CrossTecDoug — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:21:55 +0000

We use spector 360 for similar results. While it was 1st bought to curb web abuse we have given each employee a dashboard where they can monitor their own activities. spector increased overall productivty from a monitoring stand but when we gave each employee a dashboard – productivity increased even more. I like how it tracks active vs. focus vs. total time. So if I launch facebook 1st thing in the morning (which I do) but never really use it accept during lunch (which I do) it won’t tell management I was on addicted to it for 9 hours – just the 6 minutes I actually used it during break. While most companies block MyBook and FaceSpace and YouWitter – employees (and management) know exactly how much it is being used and NOT abused. The software isn’t free but you do get unlimited dashboards – so why not. So far so good. Happy employees, happy managers and (knock on wood) NO layoffs.

By: FruitfulTime

FruitfulTime — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:01:40 +0000

The above review describes FruitfulTime ProductivityMeter Personal Edition.

FruitfulTime ProductivityMeter Personal Edition allows you to track your own computer activity and later on view productivity reports of how you spent your time. This is an excellent tool for personal use.

On the other hand, FruitfulTime ProductivityMeter Business Edition ( http://www.fruitfultime.com/products/productivitymeter/business/fruitfultime-productivitymeter-business-edition.php ) allows you to track employees. An excellent explanation of employee monitoring, why it is needed and how FruitfulTime ProductivityMeter Business Edition helps you as a manager or an employer can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCWdu-N9InU

By: Fruitful Time Business Edition : Productivity501

Fruitful Time Business Edition : Productivity501 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:33:51 +0000

[...] to our RSS feed.Fruitful Time makes a free Productivity Meter that we’ve mentioned before. It tracks how your computer is being used and gives you a good idea how your time is being [...]

By: FruitfulTime ProductivityMeter Updates and x64 support | FruitfulTime Blog

FruitfulTime ProductivityMeter Updates and x64 support | FruitfulTime Blog — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:09:58 +0000

[...] we have been receiving is impressive. It all started when Mark from Productivity501 wrote this blog post. LifeHacker author Jason Fitzpatrick read about our product on Productivity501. He then mentioned [...]

By: John

John — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:10:51 +0000

Great list and lots of good options to choose from in the comments. Another time tracking app to check out is Intervals, especially if you need to track time against tasks and projects.

By: Miguel | Simply Blog

Miguel | Simply Blog — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:14:29 +0000

I’m with Stephan, thanks for sharing those resources… I appreciate the feedback and tools mentioned by other readers.

-Miguel

By: Stephan Miller

Stephan Miller — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:31:54 +0000

Great list! Another one I found is ManicTime. Works well for me.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:26:19 +0000

The problem with RescueTime is that it sends my data to their servers. I am going to try Fruitful Time Productivity Meter…

Thank you very much Mark for pointing this out!

By: Susan Hurrell

Susan Hurrell — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:32:58 +0000

My time tracking tool of choice is Slimtimer (www.slimtimer.com) – very versatile and customizable. got my whole office using it. Makes me very accountable – on many levels.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:31:11 +0000

I remember using RescueTime when it first came out and for some reason I ended up uninstalling it. Just decided to download it again and give it another go.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:17:24 +0000

Slife has been very useful to me. It is also free.

http://www.slifelabs.com/

By: adora

adora — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:47:43 +0000

Thank you so much! This is what I have been looking for!
(Trying to curb my facebook and online shopping time…)