Archive for February 18th, 2009

ManicTime to track your PC activity

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Do you happen not being able to answer this little question? “What did you do the last half hour in front of your PC?”
The answer could’ve ManicTime, a time tracking tool I am currently reviewing in reaction to Alex Wall’s post about time and self-management. (Alex: having been promoted I expect much backlinks from you!)

ManicTime keeps track of your activity (most probably by measuring mouse movements (their move-distance is measured in “mickeys” BTW) and keyboard  input) and stops the time a particular application has focus. As result you get such nice graphs as these: