Time Tracking Tool
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Kimai - Open Source Time-Tracking
For those of you who might be a little more geekly inclined....
I was looking for a good tool to keep track of my time I spent studying.
The above is a simple PHP based app that installs easily on a linux/BSD LAMP stack. It's a little overkill, it's intended for things like project timing tracking and the like, but I've found it to be perfect for keeping track of my study time. I setup three different categories, Core Study (for things like watching ATC Videos, reading books like Routing TCP/IP, etc), Labs, and Misc. Study (for things like checking blogs and going more in depth in some subjects through other resources).
This is how I'm keeping myself honest in my studies, as I can see at a glance whether I'm slacking and need to pick it up, or if I'm doing too much and risking burnout and need to take a break.
For those of you who might be a little more geekly inclined....
I was looking for a good tool to keep track of my time I spent studying.
The above is a simple PHP based app that installs easily on a linux/BSD LAMP stack. It's a little overkill, it's intended for things like project timing tracking and the like, but I've found it to be perfect for keeping track of my study time. I setup three different categories, Core Study (for things like watching ATC Videos, reading books like Routing TCP/IP, etc), Labs, and Misc. Study (for things like checking blogs and going more in depth in some subjects through other resources).
This is how I'm keeping myself honest in my studies, as I can see at a glance whether I'm slacking and need to pick it up, or if I'm doing too much and risking burnout and need to take a break.
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beauty of the baud.
Yup, I'm prone to procrastination, and I could always tell myself 'I'll do it tomorrow, there's still plenty of time to get in my studying for the week'. And 2 weeks later, I realized I haven't touched my lab at all.
This makes it easy to hold myself accountable. One look at the webui, and I can tell how much time I've spent on my studying this week, and how short I am of my 20 hours. If I want to do something else, like slack off and play a game, I need to step it up. Or, if I find I've already done 18 hours in 3 days, I'll just do the next two, and can take the rest of the week off.
Accountability is good if you're lazy
That it is. I've been slacking for WAY too long. It's time for me to start getting serious and get something accomplished.
beauty of the baud.
Of course I've found myself spending half an hour getting this installed and working so .... I'm not sure if I should bless you or curse you ... yet
Current goal: Dunno
easy to use!
Hehe, well, if you curse me, hopefully it's because it keeps you honest and not for the 30 minutes wasted!
ive never heard of anyone doing this. bit extreme imo and could be very costly. I can see where shes coming from though as internet/phone are a big distraction for most of us!
Bsc (hons) Network Computing - 1st Class
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for some people its the only way i know lots of people that get distracted by phones/facebook etc if your one of those then you need to put something on to block it. theres a few addons to firefox that can block certain sites at certain times of day.
i don't have anything like that and don't feel the need to open every email that comes my way unless its subject is "URGENT Customer Data Center on Fire!!!!"
I've seen a few forums, OCAU comes to mind immediately, where the admin will give you a one week ban on request if you have something coming up that you should be working on.