James Rodenkirch

If you have worked with me over the past few years you know I often try to find ways to reduce effort required with tracking time on a task by task basis. In fact, I’ve blogged about this topic before (see original post). I’ve tried many different setups including software packages, multiple spreadsheet setups, web based applications – you name it. All these solutions work, but they never really fit with my work flow or they added too much cruft to make me want to use them. Continue reading

As a developer. it is very common to be required to report actual time spent working on a project or task. Sometimes the data is used for project planning, and sometimes your time is actually billed back to the customer. Over the last few years, I have used a variety of means of tracking time, some that made me cringe, and some that are almost a pleasure to use.

*** Read an updated post to learn more about my new project gootimer, a task based time reporting tool for Google Calendar ***

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