Qbserve VS Hours

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Qbserve mentions (10)

• Show HN: Rem: Remember Everything (open source)

  Somebody else pointed out RescueTime, but if keeping it local is a priority, I recommend Qbserve, which I've been using (mostly passively in the background) for a few years now. [0] https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Is there anything you’ve found immensely helpful in grad school?

  One of the hardest things for me about grad school (that I'm still struggling with!) is figuring out how to schedule my own day when I have few external things keeping my day in shape for me. it's been really helpful just to have the data of how much time I usually spend on things/what I've done that day... I can see where all my time is going lmao and readjust as needed. I use toggl track in conjunction with... Source: 6 months ago

• Is there any other app who tracks time automatically by monitoring every app, document, and website ?

  Is https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/ actually doing this ? I can't seem to figure out if it tracks individual files inside apps. Source: about 1 year ago

• What are your strategies for a productive writing session?

  An unconventional, and somewhat uncomfortable bit of discipline: I used Qbserve (for mac), which is an automatic time tracker. I taught it which websites were productive (/r/LaTeX, StackExchange, and ArXiV.org) and which were not (/r/GradSchool etc lol). It notified me when I was spending too much time not being productive, and also notified me when I had done "enough". Source: over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: How do you not keep track of what you did yesterday (and this morning)?

  I use Qbserve [1] after seeing it mentioned in a previous thread. Really helpful for seeing where time was spent over the course of the day/week. Collected data all stored locally too [1] https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

Hours mentions (9)

• Group Pomodoro where you write aim & result?

  There are Discord servers that do group pomodoros, or websites like hours.zone, but these tend to focus on general to-do lists rather than goals for each pomodoro session. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Looking for friendly & supportive morning work session buddy

  I like hours.zone because we can see what each other is working on. I break up my work into lots of tiny tasks and aim to clear the whole list before the session ends, so it's a bit like a game. Source: about 2 years ago

• 21F, engineering student. Can't get myself up from bed and study. Timezone: GMT +6

  Thanks to your post, I know of hours.zone now. I have made an account. All the best everybody who is reading this! Source: over 2 years ago

• 21F, engineering student. Can't get myself up from bed and study. Timezone: GMT +6

  I'm serious about this and would do anything to make this buddy thing work. We can check on each other at a fixed time every day and virtually study at Hours.zone. Source: over 2 years ago

• Time lapse of some assignment prep in bed!

  - I use a website called Hours with friends so we can hold each other accountable. The time lapse trick is one too - I took this video specifically because I was struggling to focus - because I don't want my time lapses to be of me wandering off onto Reddit when I should be studying. This post was part of my accountability for myself :-). Source: over 2 years ago