Lifelogging with klok

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DJFuji

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So i've been looking for a while at a solution to track what i do with my time. Not just work time, but personal time. Everything from going out to clubs, to sleeping, to taking showers, to spending time with whoever i'm seeing at the moment.

I initial started using the harvest web app for this because i wanted mobile access to track my days. But it was kind of limited. And I think I just found the holy grail.

http://klok.mcgraphix.com/klok/index.htm

Unfortunately klok isnt truly web based, but it IS based on adobe air and basically allows you to create an unlimited number of nested "projects" which you then drag and drop into an outlook style calendar to track your time on stuff.

I suppose it's mostly for tracking time on legitimate work projects, but i've found you can use it to track every hour of your life. I'm gonna start tracking 24 hours (including sleep) of each day to see what happens. The charting features of the program allow you to generate pie charts and time sheets and all that stuff so it'll make statistics easy.

For example, i want to track the average amount of time i sleep per week so i can compare how much LESS sleep i get when i'm doing boot camps or workshops. Or how much time i *really* spend per week screwing around on internet forums or watching worthless youtube vids. Ok so maybe i'm a little anal about my time. But this is one of the coolest things i've ever found. Imagine having a pie chart and comparisons for every hour of your life. You could at a glance see where your time is going. Not to mention billing clients is way easier.

If only it were web based. Oh well, it's only a matter of time.

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Hahaha. This is awesome. Anyone else out there do this? What do you use? I'm tired of trying to generate reports from notepad files all over my desktop.


* This should go without saying, but i have no affiliation with said website, owners, or anything else. I literally found this on google an hour ago.
 

sswingle

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I use klok, but I just keep track of my projects. No way I'm going to log every mundane aspect of my life.
 

DJFuji

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this program is totally keeping me on track because every time i screw around, i have to log it.
 

Crusty

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Originally posted by: DJFuji
this program is totally keeping me on track because every time i screw around, i have to log it.

I give it a couple of days until you change your ind.
 

Kreon

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I'm gonna try this.

Not really for lifelogging, but this could be useful to get an idea of how much time I spend on work for each class
 
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