Ask HN: How do you track your daily productivity?
I am creating an app and I need to be able to allow users to measure their productivity at any given activity. Since I code I am starting with that activity and I would like to understand all the ways people track their productivity ie: velocity, github commit activity, lines of code etc....
Thank you in advance for any help you are able to provide.
Note: My no noprocrast setting only allows me 10 min of HN a day so I will not be able to respond until tomorrow.
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When I was contracting, I used FreshBooks to manage billable hours.
Now, I judge it by items checked off my todo list. Sometimes I use the Pomodoro technique, which is an excellent tool for keeping focus. When using the Pomodoro technique, I tally the number of pomodoros for each task, allowing me to get a good sense of my productivity with the added benefit of helping me understand how long each task took.
I use rescuetime.com, manage several todo lists in Bento and also keep a journal using something called Dayone.
In terms of code, Versions tells me how fast I'm going, but nothing like Basecamp to track a project's progress. Hope that helps you.
If your productivity can be mechanically tracked, sooner or later you will be replaced by someone more productive or, at least, cheaper.