Bernt Hansen <be...@norang.ca> writes: > 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.
and... replying to my own post - I do this slightly differently now. Clocking a task in sets the TODO keyword to STARTED. I don't mark tasks as ONGOING anymore - I just clock it in (and don't mark it done). I have an agenda view to display STARTED tasks so I can easily find anything that's been clocked and is not finished. I haven't been using this system long enough to know whether it's a good fit for me long-term. Time will tell :) -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
