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Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Post by dreeves »

nkko wrote: post #93
dreeves wrote: post #66

Nice work! I have no idea if this could fit into your roadmap (and this is probably the kind of feature request you should absolutely say no to) but my partner and I made a thing called TagTime that does time-tracking via random sampling (pinging you at random times) and I'm offering the domain tagtime.com to whoever subsumes the janky Perl-scripts-plus-Vim version we use and makes a proper TagTime-in-the-cloud. Ther…

Nice. I see that you did this invite/offer first time in 2017. What is the main reason no one took you on it? What is the result of ttc tagging since then?

Good questions; I don't have good answers! Various people have taken a stab at it, suffered 90%-done syndrome, and, yeah. As for myself, I have 70 ttc pings (52.5 hours of work) pretty much exclusively on project management type stuff, like trying out people's betas or refining the rules of the offer or other writing. I suppose I'd count writing this comment if TagTime pinged me right now... (it didn't).

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Post by KajMagnus »

robinhood wrote: post #5
wanttocommentt wrote: post #2

I really like that more and more developers are doing the open-source/paid service option(no idea what's the term for it). I personally think it's great for both developers and their customers/users.

Open source SAAS: OSSAAS?

OSAS? Open Source As Service?

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Post by mywacaday »

almarklein wrote: post #28
mywacaday wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. When you go to edit an existing task and just click a suggested tag the edit button does not activate and it does not save unless you enter a space first. 2. Clicking on a tag on the right should work as a filter on the tasks. 3. Export to csv should have the tags in every row Well done on releasing and going open source, great achievement.

Thanks for the feedback. 1. Is indeed a bug, will fix! 2. It does that, right? 3. Not sure if I follow. ATM the tags are in one cell, delimited by spaces.

2. If I filter by client1 on the right I can still see client2 records on the left, it would be my preference that they filter but thats just me.

3. Each individual row does not have the associated tags, if i'm exporting to csv I'm probably going to be opening in Excel to generate a graph or report

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Post by ks1723 »

First of all this is quite interesting and I appreciate your effort, thanks!

And since I am currently looking for a lean time tracker which runs locally for a single user without any internet and cloud stuff, this is very useful.

I fully agree with earlier the feedback of r4tn4l (most importantly, that a delete button would be really helpful) And here are some additional comments:

- the dashed line indicating 'now' is really easy to overlook and it should be visually more prominent (other color, thicker, ...)

- In the overview (this week, this month, ...) the records should be display somehow. Indicating records visually in the overviews makes it easier to grasp the work distribution over longer periods of time. Additionally, if I mess up the month/year of a record (which I frequently do ;-) ) I have no chance to find it again except that I scroll through every day and look for it. So maybe assigning a separate color to each tag and display them in the big grey fields next to the time line would work... (edit: formatting)

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Post by spiffytech »

almarklein wrote: post #46
spiffytech wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm building something now that would fit in great with TimeTagger, but I don't see an API documented.

The API is not public yet. I plan to though. Out of interest, what are you building? Perhaps we should keep in touch :)

The folks from Beeminder (a goal-motivation SaaS) created a pile of Perl scripts nearly a decade ago called TagTime (http://tagti.me), which shows pop-ups periodically (but randomly) asking what you're doing right now, and feeds that into a time tracker. That tackles one huge issue with time tracking: you have to either diligently switch up your tracker every time you context-switch, or retrospectively guess at what you actually did, and how long you think you spent on it all. Random stochastic sampling gives a solid great long-term approximation of your activities and cumulative time spent, without guesswork or discipline.

I love the idea, but I need this to work on my computer, and my phone, and my other computer, and..., so I'm heeding their call to build a cloud-based version of TagTime. It pings the user via various channels (SMS, Web Push, Slack, etc.) and feeds their responses into Beeminder, Toggl, and IFTTT.

I'd love to add TimeTagger to the list of supported integrations, since the demo app looks really compelling for the way I think about tracking time.

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Post by spiffytech »

specialist wrote: post #21

Tangent: I also want a coach & nudge app. I have chemobrain (and other stuff, TMI). So my mind wanders. I need nudges to get back on track. Like a reverse pomodomo. I used to have a remarkable internal clock (always know time of day, track elapsed time, without looking at watch). Well, no more. Example 1: An inactivity timer. Like the builtin reminder to standup and stretch. Once or twice a day, I just have to sit do…

You might look at TagTime (http://tagti.me). It periodically asks you what you're working on right now, for time-tracking purposes.

That periodic nudge to actually think about what you're doing and whether it's what you want to be doing could be what you need to keep yourself on track.

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Post by wanttocommentt »

wilsonjohn wrote: post #11
wanttocommentt wrote: post #2

I really like that more and more developers are doing the open-source/paid service option(no idea what's the term for it). I personally think it's great for both developers and their customers/users.

Do you see open source + self hosting could drive more adoption among developers rather than customers? Looking forward to hear your thoughts. Do you see model like Ghost could be a strategy to grow Open Source SaaS products?

Hard to tell, but from my(developer) point of view I see it as a big benefit to be able to see the code. Plus it gives me the option, in case I like the service and it is discontinued for any reason, to just host it by myself. Also it adds another layer of trust and I have the feeling I can influence the product.

>Do you see model like Ghost could be a strategy to grow Open Source SaaS products?

Definitely, I think Ghost is a very good and successful example of Open Source SaaS.

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Post by almarklein »

ks1723 wrote: post #104

First of all this is quite interesting and I appreciate your effort, thanks! And since I am currently looking for a lean time tracker which runs locally for a single user without any internet and cloud stuff, this is very useful. I fully agree with earlier the feedback of r4tn4l (most importantly, that a delete button would be really helpful) And here are some additional comments: - the dashed line indicating 'now' i…

Thanks for the feedback! Your suggestion about tag colors is interesting - my earlier timetracker (timeturtle.app) does exactly this, but I felt the colors were too distracting. Will think about how to bring back some of the info in the overviews. Perhaps by simply showing tags in a subtle color.

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Post by almarklein »

mywacaday wrote: post #103
almarklein wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the feedback. 1. Is indeed a bug, will fix! 2. It does that, right? 3. Not sure if I follow. ATM the tags are in one cell, delimited by spaces.

2. If I filter by client1 on the right I can still see client2 records on the left, it would be my preference that they filter but thats just me. 3. Each individual row does not have the associated tags, if i'm exporting to csv I'm probably going to be opening in Excel to generate a graph or report

Thanks for the clarification! I see what you mean now. 1. I think I'd go with graying-out records that do not match the selected tags. 2. The tags are part of the description, but indeed this is hard to process further. We should add a column for just the tags.

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Post by almarklein »

nh2 wrote: post #97

Nice! When we chose a time tracker for consulting, having a paid option that is also open source would have been a major pro point (so we can rely on it not disappearing, and being able to fix blocking issues ourselves). You mentioned here that you don't want to add tiered pricing, but I do recommend to add support for paying for a whole organisation in batch (N users, so that the individuals at an org don't have to…

Thanks, good point!
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