What is Reddit's opinion of Timeular?

Is this something that could help you? I’ve thought about buying one to help with billing, but I have more than 8 files I’m routinely working on at any given time.

https://timeular.com/product/tracker/

Thanks, I use Timeular https://timeular.com/ Has 8 sides so you just assign each side an activity and then you flip it to the appropriate side when switching activity (I have two of these, one is just for work.)

I know there exists some knockoff versions that are a bit cheaper (https://timeflip.io for example), have not tried that one and I think I heard it had some sketchiness with tracking (which might have been fixed)

Can you find an alternative method for logging the time that works better for you? What's the standard in your job? Writing it down on spreadsheets?

I've seen things like this that might work better for you? https://timeular.com/

Maybe that's a reasonable accommodation that your workplace can give you.

I don't know if it's as easy to do sub-tasks, but I've found timeular to be a pretty handy tool for tracking hours spent doing different tasks. Once time is logged under a specific task, it's possible to add a note about it, perhaps that's where you can differentiate between sub-tasks? Also, I've noticed you can create separate configurations, so, for instance, you can have a configuration where different sides relate to work tasks, AND a configuration where the sides are related to personal tasks. In this way, you might be able to call each configuration a task, and each side as a sub-task. https://timeular.com/

I think it's very difficult to find a software that knows the difference between productive use of youtube and non-productive.

The only thing I can think of is this: https://timeular.com

It's basically a cube with eight sides that you can name yourself. Your calendar automatically tracks which side of the cube is up. So you can name them reddit, work, youtube etc., and whenever you do something on your computer, you tilt it to the matching side. At the end of a workday, it tells you exactly how much time you spent on which activity.

I’m going to try https://timeular.com/ out. I’ve used Pomodoro timer app with success before but prefer no app and think Timeular having multiple sides and being physical will help me focus. I also use Remarkable 2 as a notebook or paper and find forcing myself to take notes helps me stay focused in meetings.

I bought a timeular, physical cube that you rotate on your desk. Programmable and comes with a nice API that allows you to build cool features for it.

I programmed mine to update my status on Slack to display what I'm doing at the moment (I also added the current song playing on Spotify as a status - sort of like MSN back in the early 2000's - hehe).

No tips on estimating time, sadly, but I'm saving up for this: Timeular device.

It's not cheap -- the basic option is $89 for the physical tracker and the basic software (lifetime license), I think. But none of the other tracking systems I've tried have worked, and when I'm at a law firm that bills in six-minute increments, I'm really going to need something like this. I think it will more than pay for itself in the long run.

I think the biggest advantage is the tactile aspect. Having the physical "cube" to flip over will be a huge help. And I'm hoping the tracking software will help me figure out patterns and learn how to estimate time in the future! I'm going to make some of the sides track different common distractions, and others track my main types of work, so I should be able to see how much active work time something takes me and how much of my actual day is taken up by distractions instead. Hopefully that will help a little with resisting distractions, but even if it doesn't, at least I'll be better at planning how long something will take.

I use these Time Tracking Cubes: https://timeular.com, I have one for Work and one for Non-Work so I can track 16 different things in total.

It's not completely seamless having two cubes (takes about 5-10 seconds to swap between them), but other than that little piece of friction I think it's the easiest way to track time, as long as you are at home/at the computer at least.

When looking for a Christmas gift for my employees last year I came across this, I didn't end up with it; since we aren't a billable shop, I couldn't really justify the cost, but if you're thinking of getting this dial thing but work on more than one project at a time take a look! Would have saved me so much headache when I was a consultant.

There's plenty of ways that people have suggested - and regardless of how I feel about these types of requests (get them every other year it seems) you still have to answer the question.

For me, I have to log time in Jira when working on project work, so that's an easy csv export.

I also bought a 'timeular' (https://timeular.com/) which is a quick way to log to an app when you context switch.

Have you checked out the on-desk devices that sync to an app like Timeular and TimeFlip? I haven’t tried either one personally but always admired the concept. Might save lots of time manually having to log everything if it works as it should.

Maybe not what you are looking for, but it feels vaguely related so figured I would add my 2 cents. I track 24 hours a day, and do this by using Physical Timers ( https://timeular.com is what I use, but there are other cheaper 'off-brand' ones as well.)

Basically I have 1 tracker for work and 1 tracker for non-work, which allows me 16 activities total, only one tracker can be used at the same time so I need to switch between them when I switch in/out of work but that just takes like 5 seconds 2 times a day. Then I just swap the face of the currently active cube whenever I am changing activity and it takes no effort at all. While you can obviously accomplish the same just by having an app I find that having a physical object goes a long way in removing any friction when it comes to time tracking, which is important if you are doing it for every activity basically. This is what a week looks like for me https://www.dropbox.com/s/wf6e7quhkejcu3o/Screenshot%202020-06-30%2014.42.30.png?raw=1

Not having it completely automated is for me also a big positive. I very rarely go back and look at how I Spend my time since I have a pretty good idea of that regardless. So the benefit I gain from timetracking is not the data, it is being more intentional with how I spend my time.

Just for completion, I’ve just had an instagram add for the thing I was talking about...

https://timeular.com/struggle-to-get-work-done-at-home/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=CH_DEF_Open+DynVi+SF&utm_content=Acq_Vid_145

Timular?

Do you support timeular?https://timeular.com/?v=dd65ef9a5579

And how are you able to keep the microservices alive, money wise? Are there paid features?

Here's one dice thingy:

https://timeular.com/?v=7516fd43adaa

Here's the one I was thinking of:

http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/gear/gadgets/zei-time-task-tracking-dice.asp

This is an expense out of pocket though :\