SlimTimer and Time Budgeting
Posted by Jeff September 03, 2006
Slimtimer is a great little* webapp for tracking time.
It is fascinating to me that such a personal/private endevor as time tracking works best on a hosted service. The hosted service gives it the agility to react to user requests by adding reports. In addition, the graphic design is lovely and inviting - unlike most apps done by Windows hackers.
My primary computing device is a laptop with EVDO — it goes with me everywhere. I generally (but not always) have a connection. But what if I’m off the grid and want to switch timing modes? What information is lost? That isn’t clear.
The author is working on an API. An API will allow all sorts of adaptors. I’m intrigued by the idea of a time budget - where does my time actually go? What adjustments should I make? SlimTimer can facilitate this, in the same way that Quicken enables ruthlessly factual self-examination.
The key is making it easy to track time - a problem SlimTimer has down cold. Time budgeting promises an insight into myself, to fine tune my habits. This motivates me to be honest and detailed.
* “Little” can be a pejorative. Here, it’s a compliment meaning “easy to understand”
