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How to do a personal annual review with RescueTime [Updated for 2018]
It’s the end of the year. And on top of finishing work projects, planning for the holidays, and enjoying a bit of year-end cheer, you’ve …Read »

Faster, Not Smarter: Does Caffeine Really Make You More Productive?
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Alex Senemar, the CEO of Sherbit.io. Read more about exploring data and turning numbers into meaningful insights …Read »

Can the right app make you read 400+ words per minute?
Before reading any further, take a look at the clock. Jot down the time. I know, it’s a weird way to start a blog post, …Read »

Are you ready for National Novel Writing Month?
National Novel Writing Month is just days away, and RescueTime is proud to sponsor this amazing event. For the uninitiated, NaNoWriMo is a worldwide program …Read »

Boost your writing efficiency by stepping back from the keyboard
Living a quantified life is all about numbers. Regardless of our passions, hobbies or professions, we can generally find some metric by which to measure …Read »

Social Pressure vs. Commitment Devices – which helps more for making changes?
It’s good to have goals, and finding things that we want to do or accomplish is easy. Actually succeeding at our goals is the tricky …Read »

The data is in, I’m a distracted driver.
I have a confession to make, and it’s not easy. I’ve been driving like a jerk. I just found out and I feel horrible about …Read »

New integration with Automatic: Track your driving time like your computer time
Today we’re launching a new integration with Automatic that will make it possible to track your driving time just like you would any other application or website. …Read »

Tip: Use RescueTime alerts to block distracting websites when you need to focus!
Middle of last year we rolled out a feature allowing alerts to start a FocusTime session. Not to brag much, but it is an awesome feature …Read »

Making Games in a Weekend
Ludum Dare is an event held three times a year, where thousands of developers come together to create games, by themselves or in small collaborative …Read »