Comments on: Today’s Time Log Is Tomorrow’s Historical Data http://blog.bstpierre.org/todays-time-log Software Development, version 3.0 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:01:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: brian http://blog.bstpierre.org/todays-time-log/comment-page-1#comment-67 brian Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:24:11 +0000 http://blog.bstpierre.org/?p=93#comment-67 Thanks for the encouragement. <a href="http://nutriaproject.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">This will be a (mostly) free timetracker</a> hopefully next week. What are you using for a tracker? It's funny, I got burned by my 14-project-hours-per-week rule of thumb. There's so much other stuff to do beyond just getting the code to work that my 60-hour workweek [I don't want to keep track any more] allocated about 2 hours to coding! So I had planned to launch on Monday, but at this point that just ain't gonna happen. Lesson: don't leave out critical items from the estimate, like how long it's going to take to get all of the mechanics of hosting and deployment set up... Thanks for the encouragement. This will be a (mostly) free timetracker hopefully next week.

What are you using for a tracker?

It’s funny, I got burned by my 14-project-hours-per-week rule of thumb. There’s so much other stuff to do beyond just getting the code to work that my 60-hour workweek [I don't want to keep track any more] allocated about 2 hours to coding! So I had planned to launch on Monday, but at this point that just ain’t gonna happen. Lesson: don’t leave out critical items from the estimate, like how long it’s going to take to get all of the mechanics of hosting and deployment set up…

]]> By: Jason Cohen http://blog.bstpierre.org/todays-time-log/comment-page-1#comment-52 Jason Cohen Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:44:12 +0000 http://blog.bstpierre.org/?p=93#comment-52 These are great points. The one that especially rung true for me was the myth of the 8-hour work-week. I've started using a (personal, private) automatic time-tracker and your estimate of 2-4 hours is about right, especially if you discount doing email. In my case, email is part and parcel of the job, but it's still an important factor in trying to schedule non-interruptive tasks. I would encourage everyone to grab a free, automatic time-tracker. Don't let your boss see it of course -- this is for you, not her. Make it automated so you're not wasting time with it. This isn't as accurate as manually recording everything, but I think at the beginning you just want to know about low-hanging fruit. Thanks! These are great points. The one that especially rung true for me was the myth of the 8-hour work-week.

I’ve started using a (personal, private) automatic time-tracker and your estimate of 2-4 hours is about right, especially if you discount doing email. In my case, email is part and parcel of the job, but it’s still an important factor in trying to schedule non-interruptive tasks.

I would encourage everyone to grab a free, automatic time-tracker. Don’t let your boss see it of course — this is for you, not her. Make it automated so you’re not wasting time with it.

This isn’t as accurate as manually recording everything, but I think at the beginning you just want to know about low-hanging fruit.

Thanks!

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