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6Nov/090

Bubble Timer

If you do anything that involves time, such as living, and have ever had the inclination to 'spend time' more wisely, etc..., check out Bubble Timer.  The concept is simple, by tracking how much time you spend on things, you can analyze your habits as data and find concrete, practical ways to improve your use of your time going forward.  Then, you can see how you've improved and improve your improvment, ad infinitum.

"Wait," you say (you being me),  "there's no way I'll use it.  The very factors that undermine my foundation will just undermine my efforts to track it."  Not so hasty.  That you said this is a sign that Bubble Timer is for you.  The happy folks at Bubble Timer have made a very slickapp that makes tracking time as fun as poking at bubbles.  So, from the depths of your darkest hours of blocked workage and frustrated communication, you can emerge as your child-self and poke at a few bubbles and revive the rational side of yourself with the joyful knowledge that you just gave your future self the ability to look back at this depraved moment with a scientific eye, one that may just prevent it from recurring quite so often.  In short, it brings a glimmer of hope to despair and a framework for practical self-reflection to generally unproductive and self-perpetuating nagging, gnawing moments of self-doubt.

They also have an iPhone app, if you're into that kind of thing.

If you still not convinced, then check out the company's stance on privacy of data collected.  Sean Johnson speaks out against RescueTime's (another time isv) tendencies toward usage of time tracking as a managerial tool as opposed to a tool for personal improvement.  The discussion that ensues in the comments between Sean and a voice from RescueTime is THE best discourse on privacy-spyware implications in the office that I have read to date.  If not that, the Heideggerian reference that is the title of his blog "Being and Time" should assure you that you're in good hands.

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