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    Using RescueTime Offline?? Last reply on June 26, 2008 15:51.

    This looks the the perfect app. It has everything I need, except that it posts the data to the web. I NEED an app like this, but I value my privacy enough not to send the info off into cyber-space. Any chance of creating a version of RescueTime that logs and processes all the data locally? I would be happy to PAY for an app like that.

    Also, often I use my computer (laptop) offline, and I still want to be able to log my usage.

    I have read the privacy policy, but blind trust is not enough. I really dont need my data going out into cyber space at all.
    Joe Joe shared this idea on March 06, 2008 05:27. RVidal liked Joe's idea. It's tagged privacy
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    Idle Time

    Is there any chance of tracking idle time as a separate category?
    I'm really interested in the amount of time the computer is just sitting there and doing nothing. THAT is what is really costing me money.
    DJDAN DJDAN asked this question on June 16, 2008 08:10. rkaramc joined DJDAN and 1 other person asking this question. It's tagged idle time
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    Specifing the productivity of "untagged" applications.

    I'd like to be able to specify the productivity of "untagged" applications.

    I don't really want to create a "not-work" tag for everything. I'd like to be able to say that all time spend in an untagged application has this productivity. This would really improve my productivity and efficient scores and give me a much more accurate idea over time.

    Keep up the good work!
    jazzyfoot jazzyfoot shared this idea on April 01, 2008 01:53. DJDAN joined jazzyfoot and 2 other people who like this idea. It's tagged rescuetime, efficiency, and untagged
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    Putting the "R" in Rescue Time

    How do I get rescue time to track my favorite stats package, R? For some reason it doesn't see this app.
    db db asked this question on June 22, 2008 19:45. It's tagged r, and rescue time
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    System tray icon doesn't appear when started Last reply on June 20, 2008 18:21.

    In the last few days, I've seen a problem where the system tray icon doesn't appear, even though the process is running. The first time it happened, I rebooted, and it reappeared. Today I had to reboot twice before it appeared. Also, when I looked at the preferences, it showed an error that it could not access a logfile because it was in use by another process. I don't know if these error are related, but it's quite a coincidence.
    Greg Greg asked this question on June 20, 2008 17:58. It's tagged system tray, and log file error
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    Error #6 Last reply on June 19, 2008 02:20.

    When I try to verify my account I get:

    Error: Failed to connect, check network connection. #6

    Any ideas?
    chopper chopper asked this question on March 14, 2008 11:46. x10 joined chopper and 3 other people asking this question. It's tagged time, error, rescue, and 6
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    Productivity Measure Not Meaningful Last reply on June 16, 2008 16:09.

    The Productivity Measure is not meaningful in its current form. Currently the Productivity Measure, as I understand it, expresses what percentile the user is in productivity compared with all RT users. However, this percentile is a function of the arbitrary productivity values that I assign to my tags. Furthermore, if my average productivity percentile is in the 90s the day-to-day variation is quite small and hard to observe.

    Instead, I suggest making the producitvity a cardinal measure (or at least provide that option). For example, it could simply be the time of an activity times the productivity of that activity. This way, I can compare my productivity across units of time (days, weeks, months) in a meaningful way (eg. I could say if I was twice as productive one week versus another). In the current form there is little meaningful way to compare productivity levels, one can only rank order them.

    Lastly, I would suggest making the productivity of an activity the sum of the tag productivities, and not the average. This will make it easy to both assign a given productivity level to a particular activity and to create a system of tags to visualize how one spends one's time. For example, if I want to create a super-set tag of all my "work" activities, it will change my productivity scores no matter what value I set the super-set productivity at. It would be better if one could tag activities without necessarily changing their productivity.

    A similar cardinal measure for Efficiency would also be useful (eg. productivity/time on computer).

    If you are concerned about disturbing the current system, them you could implement these suggestions as options for advanced users.

    I look forward to your comments.
    Allan Allan reported this problem on June 16, 2008 13:07. indigoviolet also has the problem Allan reported. It's tagged productivity, and efficiency
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    New Tab called "All Apps" instead of "All Apps & Sites"

    How about having a tab called "All Apps" instead of "All Apps & Sites" - This allows us to view our apps usage alone without having to view websites along with it? Else, I believe I will have to go and add another filter called "offline" and tag all my apps again so that I can view just apps.
    quaint quaint shared this idea on June 19, 2008 00:11. It's tagged tabs, apps, rescue time, and apps vs tabs
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    Timeline mode for graphs Last reply on June 10, 2008 03:07.

    I think it would be interesting if there was an option to switch the graphs into a timeline mode. Rather than break it down per task / per hour, I think it would be nice if you could see a large timeline (for the entire day or a given time period) instead.
    DrakeAnubis DrakeAnubis shared this idea on May 31, 2008 17:45. indigoviolet joined DrakeAnubis and 1 other person who like this idea. It's tagged features, and rescuetime
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    Mac Data Collector Broken Last reply on June 16, 2008 20:57.

    My mac data collector is broken. :-( It worked for the first few days I had it, but now it won't upload anything. When I click "Send Update Now", the RescueTime logo just staying highlighted for a while like its thinking.
    repalviglator repalviglator reported this problem on June 16, 2008 01:50. It's tagged data collector, stalls, broken, and mac
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    Remove Menu Bar option

    Is it possible to remove the menu bar icon.
    I would like the progam to basically be invisible to all my employees
    DJDAN DJDAN asked this question on June 16, 2008 07:58. It's tagged menu bar
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    rescuetime stats inside gmail

    i have a question about white lists...
    How can i tag gmail labels in rescuetime?
    Because soma emails are work, other are personal, and i'd like to stat this, too.
    by example:
    https://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox - my indon - neutral
    https://mail.google.com/mail/#label/Ibama - it's work
    https://mail.google.com/mail/#label/Leituras - it's for fun
    pablosaldo pablosaldo asked this question on May 06, 2008 21:40. Allan also has the question pablosaldo asked. It's tagged rescuetime, and stat
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    RescueTime underreports the time I spend on full window applications such as games and movies. Last reply on March 28, 2008 16:54.

    I played a two hour game of Age of Empires yesterday, and it registered as 10 minutes. When I watch movies, RescueTime records maybe 5 minutes for each hour I watch.

    I'm running the latest version on Windows XP.
    Jyz Jyz asked this question on March 25, 2008 07:47. Allan joined Jyz and 1 other person asking this question. It's tagged windows, rescuetime, and full screen
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    Project #'s Last reply on May 08, 2008 20:57.

    I'd like to track my work time daily by project #'s that I create rather than sites or apps. Is there a way to create some kind of numbered apps so that my time could be tracked by my own project # system?
    Rick Rick reported this problem on May 08, 2008 20:50. colorsanto also has the problem Rick reported. It's tagged customize
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    Camino = other apps? Last reply on June 13, 2008 15:26.

    Just installed the mac rescuetime data collector and get no sign of camino. I'm assuming its designated under "others" is there no support for camino or is this a glitch. I'm running Leopard btw.
    Matt Brennan Matt Brennan asked this question on May 07, 2008 21:33. Andreas also has the question Matt Brennan asked. It's tagged camino mac, and camino mac leopard
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    A Better goal

    I want a goal of "hours of untagged activities"
    emorgan emorgan shared this idea on June 13, 2008 14:27. It's tagged tags, and goal
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    Please order tags alphabetically when tagging Last reply on June 08, 2008 06:25.

    Please, please, please can you order tags alphabetically when tagging. Like most users, I tag in bulk. So I go to the tag screen, and locate my tag - let's see it's on the fourth line near the right. I tag a few things with it. Then the darn thing moves, it's on the third line somewhere near the middle. Then nothing for a while, then *BANG* it's gone again. Where is it? Second line? No, third line still, but on the left.

    Well, you get the idea. It's very frustrating. I know you're placing the most used tags at the top, and I know I can bulk tag now, but that's no always how I work.

    (If you don't want to alphabetise tags, at least fix the order until I refresh the page.)
    Mark Barnes Mark Barnes shared this idea on March 03, 2008 22:40. Mike joined Mark Barnes and 1 other person who like this idea. It's tagged tags
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    RescueTime Hack: Log your meetings and phone calls (OSX only) Last reply on June 10, 2008 21:15.

    Hi all,

    I've built a little something-something to add time spent in meetings and on the phone to RT.

    (Don't let the word "hack" fool you, neither existing RescueTime files NOR the RescueTime application will be touched or tinkered with.)

    It's basically an Applescript with a wee bit of shell scripting peppered on, wrapped up as application.

    Take a look at my blog:
    http://carlo.zottmann.org/2008/02/13/...

    Might be useful for some of you. It's useful to me, so it's a success already. ;)

    Cheers,
    Carlo
    Carlo Zottmann Carlo Zottmann started this conversation on February 13, 2008 19:52. It's tagged rescuetime, and osx
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    How do I change an application's category?

    Some of the applications I am using are mis/poorly categorized. For example, Thunderbird and Adium are "Comm (other)" instead of Comm (email) and Comm (instant messenger), respectively. I can't seem to find a way to change this on the application page" http://www.rescuetime.com/details/202711

    Thanks,
    Todd
    Todd Sampson Todd Sampson asked this question on May 25, 2008 18:52. javi joined Todd Sampson and 12 other people asking this question. It's tagged application, and change
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    RescueTime mobile phone software Last reply on June 10, 2008 03:30.

    Track mobile phone calls with RescueTime. It would be great to have client software that's installed on my phone that sends usage stats to my rescuetime account so I can track all my activities
    Ahmed Sobhi Ahmed Sobhi shared this idea on May 23, 2008 11:13. It's tagged phone, and rescuetime
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