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by jrussbowman 5256 days ago
I've tried several myself, mainly time trackers though. I came to the realization that time tracking wasn't as useful for me because I never remember to stop the clock. Especially since my job generally has be doing multiple things at once.

My task tracking right now is just simple notes of what I've done today. Later when I need to bill hours to different budget numbers I can go through the list as generally remember how much time I spent on each item in the list.

What I've found recently is I've been adding more notes and also putting todos in the same list. I also have a separate calendar reminder to make sure I fill out my list at the end of the day. It's starting to get complicated enough I'm considering throwing some code at it.

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Just to be a little more clear. Professionally I'm a sysadmin not a developer. So generally I spend my time supporting at least several different projects a day while also getting all the KLO done. At my place of work some projects have different budgets, so I have to track my time to make sure I'm billing the correct budget number.

This is what I'm looking to improve on. Right now I basically track it all in a doc, simple dates with a list under them of what I've done. When it comes time to fill my timesheet I got back and look at it day by day.