Nov 29 2006
Wasted Time Tracker
Take track of how much time you waste online by installing the FireFox add-on called TimeTracker. Like most FireFox add-ons, it takes about 3 seconds to download and not much more to install, and the default settings work just fine.
You can easily configure TimeTracker to filter out work-related sites, so you know exactly how much time you’ve wasted, and you can reset the counter anytime, or automatically have it reset everyday.
Since I installed the add-on — then installed FireFox 2, checked and responded to some emails and wrote this post — I’ve wasted exactly 33 minutes and 47 seconds. Nice to know.
If you’re reading this at work, install the add-on, then check back at the end of a full work day and see how much time you’ve wasted. This could be interesting.
Developer comments:
Planned features:
- Track time individually for specified sites
- Get back to work alarm
- Statistics
Luckily, work has disabled my ability to install any programs on my workstation. Yes, I can delete every bit and byte from the 10 servers that I manage, but I can’t install a simple plugin on my own workstation. And therefore, I can’t track how much time I am wasting either. What a shame. I guess I’ll never know.
(I’m sure my counter would remain less than five minutes a day anyways, so why bother with such trivial nonsense?)
I need one of those for life….how much of my life did i just waste listening or dealing with that moron….how much of my life have i wasted playing medieval total war…hang on thats not a waste…must destroy the papacy……there ya go jody more incriminating quotes…..