Mar 12 2009

RescueTime

Category: Programming — lomaxx @ 9:14 am

I downloaded and installed RescueTime recently after reading about it on Tim Ferriss’ blog.
It’s a neat little application that keeps track of where you’re spending your time on your computer. It’s important to me that I know where I’m spending my time but the only way to be able to analyse where my time is going is by collection hard evidence. Since installing the personal version of RescueTime I’m already noticing that I’m actively thinking a lot more about where I can spend my time productively, so from that perspective, it’s a win. It has also highlighted that there’s a lot of time during my day where I’m literally just wasting time in front of the screen. I’ve found myself become more and more aware of it and now, instead of just burning more screen time, I’m more inclined to stop and either get back to doing something productive or take myself away from the computer completely to stop myself going stale.

 
I’m only using the personal version at the moment but it’s chock full of features including detailed stats of where you’re using your time, the ability to set goals and alerts and to track stats from multiple computers.
 
I also really like how polished the application is. It doesn’t have any bells and whistles in terms of UI, but it seems to me like the team has spent a lot of time focusing on the core features of RescueTime and making sure they work well.
 
If you’d like to see where your time is going on your computer, I’d thoroughly recommend RescueTime.

 

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