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Looking for a very flexible timer
tomos:
I'm a bit torn really -
good time tracking/management software would be good -
but my original idea was a basic timer that could be modified. Say it's running and I go out for coffee and forget to pause it -
when I come back:
I can pause it, take the 15 mins or whatever off the total, and leave it run on again.
The ManicTime suggestion would work around this by keeping track of activity. I find the $67 pricetag a bit steep - not saying it's not worth it. It probably would encourage good use of time...
looking for a timer where I can add subtract from the time shown e.g.
say it's showing 1:30:25 - I can change that time (via slider or numerically) to, say, 1:15:00.
Using a slider could be a bit like an mp3 player UI
-tomos (April 07, 2015, 11:29 AM)
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dr_andus:
Say it's running and I go out for coffee and forget to pause it -
when I come back:
I can pause it, take the 15 mins or whatever off the total, and leave it run on again.
-tomos (April 10, 2015, 09:50 AM)
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The way I deal with this problem is that I use external devices for tracking time ("Repeat Timer" app in iPod Touch or a cheap manual stop watch), record the time periods (Pomodoros plus breaks) in a Google Sheet, and if I forget to turn something off or on, Google Sheet tells me when the last change was saved, so I can add to/subtract from that and account for the break (and easily calculate or track a variety of productivity metrics).
bob99:
Here's one you might take a look at.
XNote Timer http://www.xnotestopwatch.com/#overview
Says it has count up and countdown functions. There is a free limited function version on the downloads page. For about $29 they have a version with Excel logging and other bells & whistles.
I haven't used this, but I found it interesting they have a forum page. Looking through a few of the posts it looks like the program has some power to use it on a bigger scale too.
tomos:
^
^ thanks for the tips.
Will have a look for a physical timer (I want one anyways); and have downloaded xnote timer for a look (portable - yay) :up:
skwire:
Maybe my Ten Timer would work for you?
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=24540.0
https://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/ten-timer.php
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