This looks fantastic! Great work. I have some feedback too: Right now it groups all of my CLI programs into iTerm2. I would be very interested in tracking the actual programs. vim time means I'm coding, irssi (IRC), newsbeauter, cmus (music), or sl probably means I'm goofing off.
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#22I was not happy with features and UX of other productivity trackers. Most of the time tracking software is made for controlling employees or for billing clients and I just wanted an automated productivity measurement. I tried RescueTime before but it was too expensive for its functionality ($72-108/year) and also collected all my tracked data on their servers. There is standalone ManicTime on Windows but OS X standal…
I’d put the price on your website and not click on a button to buy/try before finding out the price. Also I’d “raise the price” and offer a launch special discount (or not raise the price and do the same).
Added price to the site, thanks. It's 25% off currently, I'm going to raise the price in July.
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#23This looks fantastic! Great work. I have some feedback too: Right now it groups all of my CLI programs into iTerm2. I would be very interested in tracking the actual programs. vim time means I'm coding, irssi (IRC), newsbeauter, cmus (music), or sl probably means I'm goofing off.
You spend a measurable amount of time goofing off by watching trains go across your terminal?
disclaimer: that's awesome :)
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#24Dead link. :(
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#25This looks fantastic! Great work. I have some feedback too: Right now it groups all of my CLI programs into iTerm2. I would be very interested in tracking the actual programs. vim time means I'm coding, irssi (IRC), newsbeauter, cmus (music), or sl probably means I'm goofing off.
You can try to show iTerm2 windows as activities (there's a checkbox when you select it in the Details table).
But it can bring some noise in case window titles are changed too often. I'm thinking about adding custom rules setting, so you can filter window names with regexes.
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#26This looks like a simple way to keep track of time I spend on projects. It would be perfect if it could also log more details such as what filename/project is open in Sublime, that way I know what I'm working on.
It logs app window names: you can select the app in the Details table and there's a popover with the "View windows" button. You can also check to show each window as a separate activity.
I'm editing a WordPress template at the moment, the application only logs the file name and not the Sublime project name [0] (even though this appears in the Sublime title bar and app window as file.php - Project Name).
The project name (blurred) only shows up in Qbserve on an untitled new window. Possible bug?
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#27So was this developed using Swift?
Curious, I see SQLite backend.
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#28Love the idea! Only suggestion would to be switch "Distractive" to "Unproductive" or "Distracting." I'm sure distractive is technically a word, but this is my first time hearing it. But that's just me. I may just have a limited vocabulary.
Oh, right, thank you. I've already updated it in the app but forgot the screenshots and texts.
Is the website down? It's not loading for me anymore
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#29Just curious, what is the tech stack?
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#30Some feedback: * Make the price more readily apparent on the landing page * Tracking the '6,400 sites, apps and games' is great, but it would be good if I could find out if the ones I care about in that list! * Make the above the fold screenshot bigger, I tried squinting/zooming before I realised I could scroll down * Can I determine which things are productive/neutral/distractive? As I wouldn't want to buy it if tha…
>Make the price more readily apparent on the landing page I'm seeing a huge green 'Buy Now — $30' button on the front page. Was this added in the past 20 minutes?
Yes, it was.