David Bremner <brem...@unb.ca> writes: > J Aaron Farr wrote: > >>I'm using org-mode to track my time on projects and todo items, but >>I'd also like to start tracking time I spend on things such as my >>email, reading rss feeds, etc. I'd prefer to continue to use >>org-mode for that so that all my time tracking is in one place with >>one system. > >>My current thought is to have a `diary.org` file that I keep tasks >>that don't clearly fit in any of my projects. The file would look >>something like: > >> *** DONE Checking email :email: >> CLOSED: [2009-02-20 Fri 18:56] >> :CLOCK: >> CLOCK: [2009-02-20 Fri 17:56]--[2009-02-20 Fri 18:56] => 1:00 >> :END: > > I don't see anything wrong with this, but I also don't see the need > for a TODO. Do you need to be reminded to check email? You could just > make a headline, and clock on that. Clocktables (or, maybe, > clocktable view in agenda mode) could narrow down e.g. time spent > reading email in one week. > > I guess you would still have to think about comfortable ways to find > the right file/buffer and clock in there.
When I did something similar to this recently I created a tag for :ONGOING: tasks and used the agenda view to quickly find these tasks for clocking in. I just used a single task to clock multiple times and then at the end of the year create a new one and archive the old one so they don't grow forever. -Bernt _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
