[davidblair]

I hate the nickle and dime approach to productivity. In fact, the happier I am the more I get done.

[notauser]

That's true, but the time-tracking approach encourages me to work hard for a while and then switch off and do something else.

Nothing sucks my motivation more than sitting around for 8 hours thinking I'm working and getting nothing done.

[joe24pack]

that's why I do the low-tech paper, pencil and time pomodoro technique, especially when working on drudgery tasks like database conversions.

[joe_the_user]

Further, the "figures" don't take into account the possibility that someone who choses to spend time in this way might be impelled to not spend time in some equally "unproductive" fashion during some other part of the day.