In regards to org-clock-in specifically I would say that I don’t have to use Emacs. On a serious note, the main idea is to focus on time tracking (not todos) a

In regards to org-clock-in specifically I would say that I don’t have to use Emacs. On a serious note, the main idea is to focus on time tracking (not todos) as in keeping a record of how you spent your time. The other aspect that was important to me is to put the simplicity of the file format first and to be independent from tools (when it comes to writing the data at least).