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Track your time spent in various apps and websites, down to the minute

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PG mentioned having News.yc cut you off automatically, to encourage people to get work done.

I think a stronger solution is simply measuring the amount of time you spend on various sites/programs, and then adjusting your schedule appropriately.

I had mentioned one MyDreamApp application that would have done that, but the application was never finished.

Rescuetime.com is now sending out invitations to their beta, and they look to do exactly what I had described- Track the time you spend. Everywhere.

I have no association to the site, but it might be worth checking out for busy News.YCers trying to get a handle on their schedule

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Is this a YC company? I'm always nervous about installing software on my personal computer. What's the assurance that this isn't a keylogger or that they are reporting all the data they collect back to their servers?

I know these guys and they're legit.

I accidentally down voted you - How do I fix that ?

no way to undo, usually if there is an accidental/inappropriate up/downvote the community is good about self-correcting.

Crack into the server and change the code. The password is Japanese for "Red Castle".

I installed the beta this afternoon and so far it's told me exactly what I knew already: I spend too much time on this site.

Noprocrast is handy, but simply being kicked off the web isn't enough. What I /really/ need is a program threatening to format my disk if I'm not productive.

I also installed the beta this afternoon and it told me something pleasantly surprising: I spent about 95% of the 2 hours on my computer working. "VMWare Player" is basically the only bar that's visible.

Noprocrast is great. I'm sure that if I'd received the beta invitation yesterday, it would've shown me wasting hours here.

PG mentioned having News.yc cut you off automatically, to encourage people to get work done.

I think a stronger solution is simply measuring the amount of time you spend on various sites/programs, and then adjusting your schedule appropriately.

I had mentioned one MyDreamApp application that would have done that, but the application was never finished.

Rescuetime.com is now sending out invitations to their beta, and they look to do exactly what I had described- Track the time you spend. Everywhere.

I have no association to the site, but it might be worth checking out for busy News.YCers trying to get a handle on their schedule

Am I the only one that's actually too afraid to want to know?

You are not alone mate.

I'm so terrified I didn't even click through

If I spent any significant time using Mac OS or Windows, that might be useful to me.

Just got an invite code today. Thanks! I am up and running. It looks very well-executed.

could i get an invite code? bkmrkr at yahoo.com Thanks

Sorry, I have no association with the site. You can apply on the site, though.

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