From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: time tracking common activities Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:01:54 -0500 Message-ID: <87ljs1ywwt.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> References: <87skm9p9qj.wl%bremner@pivot.cs.unb.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LaWt7-0002Gw-IN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:02:01 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LaWt7-0002Gk-4c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:02:01 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44241 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LaWt6-0002Gh-OO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:02:00 -0500 Received: from mho-02-bos.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.179]:59768) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LaWt6-0008Hi-7J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:02:00 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87skm9p9qj.wl%bremner@pivot.cs.unb.ca> (David Bremner's message of "Fri\, 20 Feb 2009 08\:35\:00 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: David Bremner Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org David Bremner writes: > J Aaron Farr wrote: > >>I'm using org-mode to track my time on projects and todo items, but >>I'd also like to start tracking time I spend on things such as my >>email, reading rss feeds, etc. I'd prefer to continue to use >>org-mode for that so that all my time tracking is in one place with >>one system. > >>My current thought is to have a `diary.org` file that I keep tasks >>that don't clearly fit in any of my projects. The file would look >>something like: > >> *** DONE Checking email :email: >> CLOSED: [2009-02-20 Fri 18:56] >> :CLOCK: >> CLOCK: [2009-02-20 Fri 17:56]--[2009-02-20 Fri 18:56] => 1:00 >> :END: > > I don't see anything wrong with this, but I also don't see the need > for a TODO. Do you need to be reminded to check email? You could just > make a headline, and clock on that. Clocktables (or, maybe, > clocktable view in agenda mode) could narrow down e.g. time spent > reading email in one week. > > I guess you would still have to think about comfortable ways to find > the right file/buffer and clock in there. When I did something similar to this recently I created a tag for :ONGOING: tasks and used the agenda view to quickly find these tasks for clocking in. I just used a single task to clock multiple times and then at the end of the year create a new one and archive the old one so they don't grow forever. -Bernt