RAL's dashboard

Derringer replied on October 03, 2008 23:27 to the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

Darren: I've grabbed the code and started enhancing some of the crap out of it. I've revised the idle detection to use the Windows API function GetLastInputInfo() which reports the what the TickCount was when input was last received, eliminating the typing-without-mouse-movement issue.

Philip replied on October 03, 2008 06:54 to the question "How can I view window_title data from the dashboard?" in RescueTime:

Yes, I really wanted to find this app useful, but I use my computer for both work and personal tasks. In particular, general productivity apps like Office (Word, Outlook). Further data on the URL would also be useful for tagging sites like Wikipedia. But mainly I have hours logged in Word and Outlook and no way to tell what I was doing. This makes my data pretty much useless. I look forward to returning (even *paying*) when I can accurately tag my usage. Thanks.

krschultz replied on September 27, 2008 21:41 to the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

This would make the top of my list of "things that would make Rescue Time a must have". I have no problem paying for web services that help me stay productive. (Remember the Milk is the best $25 I ever spent), but I find it hard to use Rescue Time effectively when 50-60% of my time is spent off the computer.

A comment on the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

I think Tony said it in the first response "We have some cool ideas around this that we'll hopefully get around to soon. Too much to do, too little time!" I know the feeling! ;) – Leslie Chicoine, on September 17, 2008 18:37

ppgs replied on September 13, 2008 07:46 to the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

Why isn't all of this inside the original RescueTime app?
I have no time to try plug ins or external apps.

wavey davie replied on September 05, 2008 11:40 to the idea "It would be great if RescueTime could monitor the exact Word document I'm working on" in RescueTime:

I'd like the option to tag both folders OR documents

Martin Cleaver replied on August 30, 2008 19:26 to the problem "not the app...the document!" in RescueTime:

http://www.productiveflourishing.com/... has a useful analysis of RescueTime, including mentioning some things the team could do to improve it. http://jawmaster.wordpress.com/2008/0... underlines some other limitations.

I look forward to RescueTime being a tracker as well as a productivity saver.

I'll leave it running, but its insufficient in itself to not need something else to capture the documents in use.

Slife labs have an application. I'll try that next.

Martin Cleaver replied on August 30, 2008 18:13 to the problem "not the app...the document!" in RescueTime:

Rescue Time is a useful app alright, but it is quite a limitation to not recall the title of the application (thus store the document I was working on).

This is the same request for http://getsatisfaction.com/rescuetime... (presently 26 votes) and http://getsatisfaction.com/rescuetime... (17 votes).

Also, there's no timeline, so I can't scroll through the day. Timesnapper was much more useful in that regard, but I can't use it as there's no Mac version.

Chris replied on August 26, 2008 15:05 to the problem "not the app...the document!" in RescueTime:

I've only just started using RescueTime, and it's very cool - I'll keep using it. I'm amazed that an app like this is free. It will be made exponentially cooler when I can track individual docs. Thanks!

A comment on the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

A comment/suggestion - if you could make the app track keyboard use as well as mouse use that would be great. I'm finding that it is regarding me as idle when I'm spending periods typing into Word and that risks the same time being counted twice, since RT will not see this as idle time. – Mark Posen, on August 21, 2008 12:45

A comment on the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

I just want to say that this is an excellent little app and makes using Rescuetime so much more useful. I hope that the folks at Rescuetime will work with Darren to incorporate this functionality into the official product ASAP. – Mark Posen, on August 21, 2008 09:47

A comment on the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

Thanks Travis. Obviously I must have been drunk over the past couple days to screw the link up this bad. I think it's corrected now but send me a comment if it's still screwy. – Darren, on August 19, 2008 17:06

A comment on the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

FYI, the URL to use is
http://ddixon.castoracer.com/rescueid...
not
http://ddixon.castoracer.com/rescueid...
Case *does* matter. – TravisM, on August 19, 2008 16:58

A comment on the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

Hehehe, I wish this thing could be cross platform but I simply don't know enough to do that. Hey, you could look at the source and adapt it for use under Mac OSX. The code is very simple. I'm actually hoping someone uses the code and really enhances the crap out of it since my code is really weak. – Darren, on August 19, 2008 16:54

A comment on the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

See the comment below for the correct link to the source code – Darren, on August 19, 2008 16:49

Darren replied on August 19, 2008 16:48 to the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

After several attempts I finally found the typo in the link and got the source code link corrected


Source Code Link

A comment on the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

I can't download the source. It looks like there is a typo in the URL.
I also tried http://ddixon.castoracer.com/rescueid...
but that didn't work either (404 not found). – TravisM, on August 19, 2008 15:54

A comment on the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

NIce! To bad I'm on a mac (i don't say that very often...). – Leslie Chicoine, on August 18, 2008 21:03

Darren replied on August 18, 2008 20:09 to the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

I just realized the screenshot is old and needs an update

A comment on the question "Can I use RescueTime to record non-computer tasks?" in RescueTime:

**BRILLIANT** thank you! – Ed Rivis, on August 18, 2008 20:01