Watching Over Your Own Shoulder
With all of the cool stuff on the web, it can be really easy to spend a lot of time just wandering (but we have known that since the web came about). Being that I am on vacation this week, I am particularly susceptible to that, before I start my summer co-op next week.
With this in mind, I decided to experiment with RescueTime as a way to watch over my own shoulder. Basically, RescueTime is a little program that runs on your computer recording where you spend your time on your computer (active webpages and applications), and periodically uploads that data so I can view it online. I think that it will give me a good way to see in black and white, where my time is going when I am on the computer. In a way, it is a lot like Quicken for me, which is a way to see in no uncertain terms, exactly where my money is going.
I have the program running right now and I can say that it does feel a bit like someone is watching over my shoulder (thus I am writing a blog post, instead of engaging in my latest addiction). Hopefully, I will have some interesting stuff to share as the experiment goes on.
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