Comments on: First Impressions: RescueTime

By: Johnny

Johnny — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:48:14 +0000

I have just stumbled upon FruitfulTime ProductivityMeter. It’s an offline time tracking software which looks great and after all it’s a freeware.

http://www.fruitfultime.com

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:43:21 +0000

RescueTime is a good product but has this one BIG problem – it shares my data online – No way I am going to use RescueTime and send my computer usage information to a 3rd party who are probably selling my info…

IMHO RescueTime’s idea is great – the design is very bad – If the application was offline then ….

If someone knows an offline product that has similar functionality of RescueTime please let me know :)

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By: Tim Linden

Tim Linden — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:51:58 +0000

Sweet. With a 16 mo old daughter, and another one on her way any day now, I have become very scattered with work. So this might help me keep track of hours per day. I tend to way overwork when I work scattered because I always feel like I’m always not able to work. Maybe this’ll help. It’ll probably keep me from gaming too much too =P

By: Following Up on Connectivity Obsessions

Following Up on Connectivity Obsessions — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:01:15 +0000

[...] I admire a good bit, Paul Stamatiou, recently wrote about an online application that helps you track your time. The application is called RescueTime, and I have been trying it out for a few [...]

By: Toplinks.gr

Toplinks.gr — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:43:43 +0000

rescuetime.com…

Θέλετε να αυξήσετε την παραγωγικότητά σας όταν εργάζεστε, χρησιμοποιείτε το διαδίκτυο ή παίζετε με τον Η/Υ; Θέλετε να ανακαλύψετε πού πάε…

By: Adam F.

Adam F. — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:01:34 +0000

Wow, I was in the middle of writing a review for Rescue Time too.
Really get service!

By: p858snake

p858snake — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:51:47 +0000

what the bennifits of this, say over wakoopa?

By: SystemsThinker

SystemsThinker — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:38:35 +0000

I imagine it can be very enlightening to see statistics like this. But I think the hardest part is something programs like this can’t do – identifying why the time is being spent that way. Are you goofing off because you’re just lazy or because you’re in the wrong line of work and should change fields? Are you doing a lot of email to distract yourself or because you are lacking in social connections and need to move or make a bigger change in life.

Interpreting the stats could take a psychologist :)

By: Tamar Weinberg

Tamar Weinberg — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:08:16 +0000

I’ve been using it for 3-4 months already, and it doesn’t solve a problem for me, but I’m a statistics junkie (even though I don’t actively check them, I like to know that I can get them if necessary), and I find the data interesting. :)

By: Syahid A.

Syahid A. — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:41:40 +0000

Yeah, that can be an issue. But I am quite impressed on how detailed RescueTime reports are.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:51:42 +0000

Michael’s comment above pretty much answers the only question that I had about it – what happens when the computer is idle. I wonder if minimising everything to the desktop before you lock your computer would make a difference to what’s being logged.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:29:17 +0000

I tried RescueTime several months ago when it was first released, used it for a few weeks and had pretty much gotten everything out of that I wanted. My goal was to gauge how much time I spend on actual work while at work; after three weeks I had pretty consistent results that the vast majority of my time at work was, indeed, work-related. Question answered, so I uninstalled it, since I didn’t see a long-term point to RescueTime.

My biggest issue with the application was around idle time. For example, if I locked my desktop when I went to a meeting, it would continue to record time on whatever application was last opened rather than knowing I was away from the machine, skewing results.

Yes, it can achieve a specific goal if you have one, but it still needs work, IMO.

By: annie

annie — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:22:14 +0000

cool. it would be really nice if it could do a composite *and* a breakdown between machines.

By: Tony Wright

Tony Wright — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:05:09 +0000

@annie I have it on two computers with the same account– works like a champ. Alternatively, you could set up two different accounts if you wanted to see the breakdown.

By: annie

annie — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:46:04 +0000

do you know if/how it handles multiple computers? i installed it on my home computer and wonder what it would be like incorporating my work computer too.

By: Preshit

Preshit — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:42:35 +0000

Checking it out now. Had never heard of it before.

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:06:23 +0000

I am currently trying out the software (downloaded it after I read your post). I’ll be working with it for a week or two, trying to figure out how it would be beneficial to me. I’ll probably post a review on my blog as soon as I have enough information to write one.

By: Banyú

Banyú — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:44:56 +0000

I’m not sure if I wanna see my surfing habits on stats…

By: Vassilis

Vassilis — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:59:05 +0000

Thanks Paul for the head up. I’m already testing it. Looks promising and besides tagging it really needs no user intervention. The application works effortlessly at least in my Mac.

By: Brendan Falkowski

Brendan Falkowski — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:41:06 +0000

Putting this into my FollowUp folder. Interesting to see how it slices up what app “has my attention.”

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:28:40 +0000

Sounds interesting. I’m checking it out. :)

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:24:19 +0000

This seems to be the best of this type of software, there have been several released in the past year or so but this one looks like it does everything it needs to and looks good doing it.