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When I tell people about RescueTime and what it does, one of the most common things I hear is: “Oh wow! I don’t even want to think about how much time I waste on Facebook!” When people have actually been using RescueTime for a little while, I often hear something different: “Ya know? I really […]
Last month, I spent some time digging around with two big personal datasets of mine – my RescueTime logs and the information about my physical activity and sleep that I’ve collected with my FitBit. After comparing over 8.5 million steps and 5,000 hours of my sleep with around 7,000 hours of my RescueTime data, I
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These days, there’s an mobile app or device for just about anything you might want to track about yourself. RescueTime can track your time on the computer. Fitbit lets you track how many steps you’re taking. Foursquare will track the places you’ve been. The list goes on and on. Tracking that information can help you
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If you’re like 68.8% of the US population, you could stand to lose a few pounds. Or, perhaps you’re part of the 20% of the population that gets under 6 hours of sleep a night. Chances are, there’s (at least) one substantial change to your lifestyle that you’ve meant to make, but have never gotten
Last month, we ran an experiment with the help of over a hundred writers attempting National Novel Writer’s Month. We wanted to understand what it takes to tackle a challenge like NaNoWriMo and actually stick with it. So we asked writers to use RescueTime to track their time for the month of November. The writers were able
Do you have problems setting new goals and sticking to them? I do. I’m downright terrible at it. Going to the gym, sleeping more, eating better. I have all the good intentions, but just not enough of the follow through. That’s why I’m pretty intrigued by Beeminder. They’re a service that keeps you focused on
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Lifelogging is one of those things that I’ve heard talked about for years, seen lots of clunky attempts at, and never really been impressed by. It’s a huge bummer, really. Ever since I read Total Recall, by Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell, I’ve been fascinated by the idea of being able to offload my memories and experiences
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I just came across this post on the Harvard Business Review blog. It’s a great example of how you can self-track and learn about how changes in your workplace behavior can enhance your productivity. In this case, it was wearing headphones. The author used RescueTime to keep track of his productivity levels, which of course
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We do a lot of self-tracking experiments over here at RescueTime. At any given time, at least one of us is keeping an eye on something. It might be how much time we spend in email, how many lines of code we’ve written, or looking at how much sleep we get each night to see
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