[Orgmode] time tracking common activities
I'm using org-mode to track my time on projects and todo items, but I'd also like to start tracking time I spend on things such as my email, reading rss feeds, etc. I'd prefer to continue to use org-mode for that so that all my time tracking is in one place with one system. My current thought is to have a `diary.org` file that I keep tasks that don't clearly fit in any of my projects. The file would look something like: * 2009-02-20 Fri ** Notes for the day blah blah blah ** Activities *** DONE Checking email :email: CLOSED: [2009-02-20 Fri 18:56] :CLOCK: CLOCK: [2009-02-20 Fri 17:56]--[2009-02-20 Fri 18:56] = 1:00 :END: *** DONE read rss feeds... and so on. I could then archive the contents of the file monthly. I'm wondering if anyone has any better ideas or sees some particular flaw to this approach. I thought about creating a daily repeating event for things like email, but then the clock section would eventually get huge, right? -- J Aaron Farr jadetower.com[US] +1 724-964-4515 馮傑仁 cubiclemuses.com [HK] +852 8123-7905 ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] time tracking common activities
J Aaron Farr wrote: I'm using org-mode to track my time on projects and todo items, but I'd also like to start tracking time I spend on things such as my email, reading rss feeds, etc. I'd prefer to continue to use org-mode for that so that all my time tracking is in one place with one system. My current thought is to have a `diary.org` file that I keep tasks that don't clearly fit in any of my projects. The file would look something like: *** DONE Checking email :email: CLOSED: [2009-02-20 Fri 18:56] :CLOCK: CLOCK: [2009-02-20 Fri 17:56]--[2009-02-20 Fri 18:56] = 1:00 :END: I don't see anything wrong with this, but I also don't see the need for a TODO. Do you need to be reminded to check email? You could just make a headline, and clock on that. Clocktables (or, maybe, clocktable view in agenda mode) could narrow down e.g. time spent reading email in one week. I guess you would still have to think about comfortable ways to find the right file/buffer and clock in there. David ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] time tracking common activities
J Aaron Farr fa...@apache.org writes: I'm wondering if anyone has any better ideas or sees some particular flaw to this approach. I thought about creating a daily repeating event for things like email, but then the clock section would eventually get huge, right? I do exactly this for my daily processing and weekly review tasks. The clock section does eventually get huge, but because it's in a drawer, that's not really a problem. I don't need to keep that time data for more than a month, so I can purge it periodically. -- +---+ | Jason F. McBrayerjmcb...@carcosa.net | | If someone conquers a thousand times a thousand others in | | battle, and someone else conquers himself, the latter one | | is the greatest of all conquerors. --- The Dhammapada| ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
