[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.