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A comment on the question "linux uploader api handshake problem" in RescueTime:

This means that the YAML being generated is not parse-able by the standard Python libyaml parser. I've looked over the Linux client code in past, and it's building YAML "by hand" rather than building a dictionary then passing it to Python's YAML encoder, so this method is very error prone.

Most likely your log as some bad data in it. You could email it to me at "mark at rescuetime dot com" and I can try to point out where it's corrupt.

It is odd though, because logs 0 and 1 appear to have gone in. Maybe they had time data outside the window of your dashboard date filter. – Mark Wolgemuth, on November 25, 2009 14:16

A comment on the question "linux uploader api handshake problem" in RescueTime:

Posting data via YAML is deprecated. The new native clients all POST a multipart form with a CSV file along with with a few new params that avoid passing the user name and password as well. We will be glad to engage in a private conversation with anyone who wants to try to update the client to the new spec. In the meantime, the old one still theoretically works. (See next note). – Mark Wolgemuth, on November 25, 2009 14:13

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Mark Wolgemuth replied on November 24, 2009 19:28 to the question "linux uploader api handshake problem" in RescueTime:

We've made a change that should cause this to start working again, or at least give you better error info. It seems there were some versions of the Linux loader using POST and some GET. The GET ones were failing to method protection on the server. Since the whole interface is deprecated, I just allowed GET again.

Mark Wolgemuth set one of Mark Wolgemuth's replies as an official response to "How to change time range assignable to projects?" in RescueTime

Mark Wolgemuth replied on November 17, 2009 14:22 to the question "How to change time range assignable to projects?" in RescueTime:

Hi, thanks for that feedback. We're working on a 24 hour view right now, and hope to have an update shortly.

Mark Wolgemuth replied on November 04, 2009 13:30 to the idea "temporarily disable the offline time popup" in RescueTime:

That is an excellent idea! We'll discuss that and see what we can do. It's pretty intuitive that this would be an option.

Mark Wolgemuth replied on October 05, 2009 14:11 to the question "How long until RescueTime starts uploading data?" in RescueTime:

Hello,

Sorry for the slow down. We had run a massive data migration that slowed down updates. It should be up-to-date now!

Mark Wolgemuth set one of Mark Wolgemuth's replies as an official response to "Rescuetime doesn't start up on Powerbook G4" in RescueTime

Mark Wolgemuth replied on October 01, 2009 15:08 to the problem "Rescuetime doesn't start up on Powerbook G4" in RescueTime:

Can you post what OS version you are running?

Please try this alternate installer and see if it works for you:

https://www.rescuetime.com/installers...

Mark Wolgemuth replied on September 29, 2009 15:20 to the idea "More options for offline time" in RescueTime:

You will be pleased to know that an improvent to this feature is currently in active development.

Thanks for your input!

Mark Wolgemuth replied on September 29, 2009 14:01 to the question "Focus option in Rescuetime" in RescueTime:

You should be seeing a "Get Focused" option in your application menu now.

To find it:
On Windows, click the system tray icon for RescueTime.
On Mac, click the top menu bar icon for RescueTime.

If you are not seeing it, then your client is not being automatically updated for some reason.

Please go to:

https://www.rescuetime.com/download

To get the latest client, then:

1) Quit the old client
2) Install the new client
3) Launch the new client

Also note that the feature only works for paying customers, or customers in the free upgrade period.

Hope that helps!

Mark Wolgemuth set one of Mark Wolgemuth's replies as an official response to "reset data collection" in RescueTime

Mark Wolgemuth replied on September 29, 2009 13:48 to the question "reset data collection" in RescueTime:

Currently, the best way to do this is to simply cancel the account you want to clear data for. Then, just recreate the account. In the future there may be more options, but right now this is the way to do it.

Mark Wolgemuth replied on September 29, 2009 13:47 to the idea "Extend Focus mode to apps, not just web sites." in RescueTime:

Some others have expressed interest in this. We are investigating if it is feasible. Thanks for your feedback!

Mark Wolgemuth set one of Mark Wolgemuth's replies as an official response to "¿Is RescueTime not working today?" in RescueTime

Mark Wolgemuth replied on September 08, 2009 03:05 to the problem "¿Is RescueTime not working today?" in RescueTime:

We're very sorry about this. I can confirm that our rate of data processing slowed down Friday evening and is a fair bit behind.

We've "turned it to 11" now and it's catching up quickly. Should all caught up in an hour or so.

Mark Wolgemuth replied on August 13, 2009 14:59 to the problem "Skype call length significantly under-reported" in RescueTime:

Ah, I see, when it crosses the hour boundary it has a problem.
I'll fix this today.

(time passes)

Ok, I've REALLY fixed it this time. Your calls over an hour should look right now too. Sorry about that.

Mark Wolgemuth replied on August 08, 2009 03:23 to the problem "Skype call length significantly under-reported" in RescueTime:

Yikes! That is very strange. I will investigate further.
Thanks for updating us.
Hopefully I will have some sort of improvement this weekend.
Could you tell me what day you are getting that result for?
That will help me narrow the search for odd data.

A comment on the problem "Skype call length significantly under-reported" in RescueTime:

I was able to determine from our debug data that indeed it's the live call window titling causing the issue. I have deployed a change to how skype is handled that should prevent this from happening (the excessive slicing).

You still may see what seems like underreported time if you are not active on the machine running skype. Let me know if you have any further questions. – Mark Wolgemuth, on July 31, 2009 15:10