On 2016-04-29, at 20:10, Michael Welle <mwe012...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hello, > > Marcin Borkowski <mb...@mbork.pl> writes: > >> On 2016-04-29, at 11:21, Michael Welle <mwe012...@gmx.net> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Marcin Borkowski <mb...@mbork.pl> writes: >>> >>>> Hi list, >>>> >>>> I'm seeking ideas/workflows for a situation where I work partly in >>>> office and partly remotely. I'd like to be able to generate a report >>>> with information about both my work time and "office time". I know that >>>> you can't have two things clocked at the same time, so simply clocking >>>> "office time" and (during this office time) clocking e.g. individual >>>> tasks won't work. >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>> I assume that you use a laptop or some other portable device? In that >>> case you can grep the IP address (which might change when you change >>> workplaces) and timestamps from the log files (or create a script that >>> logs the IP address changes to an ORG file) and then somehow (coughcough) >>> integrate that into your report. >> >> That's actually an interesting (and not standard) idea. Even moreso >> because I'm writing a RescueTime-like time-tracking tool for Emacs, >> working (unlike Org's clocking) without manual intervention - recording >> the state of computer (i.e., current idle time, active X window, active >> Emacs buffer name and mode) at regular (or not) intervals and making >> reports. I did not include any network-related info, but this would be >> easy to add. Thanks, I'll definitely think about it! > interesting. > > I used the IP address approach for some time to track the time I spent > at customers sites. It worked quite well. The only trouble was if we > went to the cafeteria and talked for an hour before I had a chance to > start my laptop :).
Now that I think of it, I guess it might be better/easier to check the network SSID. Thanks for the idea! > Regards > hmw Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University
