log

history

The Log essentially kickstarted every other one of my side projects. ² After being introduced to Devine Lu Linvega and Merveilles and getting inspired by Horaire, I started tracking time spent on projects back in 2017. It was initially just a spreadsheet, then a text file. Analytics were later added with the development of a now-defunct desktop app.

The app was eventually abandoned and Log was whittled down to a simpler CLI tool. It’s currently integrated into this wiki.

mechanics

Multi-tasking is discouraged by design. The general time-tracking process works like this:

1. I start by keying in what I intend to do: sector (activity type), project, and task description
2. Work on the task
3. The session ends when I’m done or interrupted and completion is graded with a binary score

arachne integration

All Log data is recorded in a text file that is then parsed by Arachne. Information is summarised and displayed in the Tracker and respective project pages.

screenshots

Here are some screenshots of the old desktop app that was available from late 2017 to late 2018. The repository is still up but the app isn’t actively maintained.

glossary

Project pages within this wiki have time-tracking stats summaries in the footers. Here’s an explanation of each term used:

entries

the number of entries

time

total time logged

span

duration between the first and latest log entry

across

number of days when I worked on the project

from

timestamp of the first log entry

until

timestamp of the latest log entry

peak hour

the hour of the day I'm most likely to work on (and finish) a task

peak day

the day of the week I'm most likely to work on (and finish) a task

focus

the average duration time of each log session

efficiency

the ratio of finished to unfinished tasks