Rescuing my time

Last week I started trying out Rescue Time and the first week of results are in:

Looks like the debate and the bailout really distracted me last week.

It took me a few days to get used to Rescue Time. Originally I thought it might help me keep track of the specific tasks I work on during the week, but it turns out that’s not what it’s good for at all. Instead, Rescue Time helps you see trends and accumulated values. Where is your time going? You may put in long hours, but what did you do with them?

I definitely need to make up for some of last week. I’ve purposely decided to be rather hash in my tagging and scoring in Rescue Time. “Surfing” is pretty liberally defined, while “dev” is pretty narrow. I give myself a slight break if I use my newsreader rather than directly browse sites. And I keep Rescue Time running 24/7, so movies we watch, games we play, everything gets tracked. With the state of my startup these days, that’s a fair measure.

Anyone else using Rescue Time or something similar?