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There's a certain irony here: web services to prevent internet usage. And while the whole "logging time" concept may have some appeal for HR & accounting types
by dpapathanasiou 19y ago
There's a certain irony here: web services to prevent internet usage.
And while the whole "logging time" concept may have some appeal for HR & accounting types (so yes, there is a business model), it's hardly the kind of inspirational startup I come here to read about.
- jmzachary 19y agoI agree with you, on both counts. It seems very ironic to have a toolbar app that monitors and prevents your use of the web. This is a behavioral problem (procrastination, time wasting, boredom, poor management), not a technical problem. This seems like a simple feature that browser developers could easily build in.
- zach 19y agoWell, there is a book about not reading books, after all. But, like Joe Kraus likes to quote, "you make what you measure," I think worktime analytics companies like RescueTime and 8aweek are 100% inspirational. To your point, you don't have to be a bean-counter to run RescueTime or 8aweek. All you need do is run it and reflect once in a while on what it tells you. BTW, you do need to have a certain personality to maintain a time log in Excel. I did that for a month but was dying that I didn't have time to write software to make it easier and more useful. It was really cool, but it was hard because it wasn't more integrated into my workflow.
- dpapathanasiou 19y agoIt is inspiring if you as an individual decide you want to be more disciplined and use a tool like this. I was referring to their plan to sell the product to businesses, who would then impose it on their employees en-masse.
- wallflower 19y agoFrom my psychology reading, that what we measure tends to improve. So, measuring anything is an important step to improving.