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SlimTimer – The Best Timer for GTD

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I’ve looked at several options for making sure I “use my time wisely” while I’m on the computer including:

None of them fit my criteria of being easy to use, easy to see where my time went (some type of reporting) and inexpensive. Then I went back to SlimTimer. The concept is simple. You open up a little window that sits on your desk all day (I open mine in Safari so tabs don’t accidentally pop up there from my default browser, Firefox) and click the name of the activity you’re doing at the time. That’s it. Here’s my window right now.

Screenshot 01

When you’re done you close the window, click another task or toggle the task you’re on. Then the cool part is the reports that are available on the main SlimTimer website. You can see where your time went specifically for the day, week month, per task, tag etc. Here’s a screen capture of a report:

Screenshot 02

SlimTimer is simple, powerful, quick and free. Can’t beat that.

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November 30th, 2006 at 2:22 pm

The Merits of Bad Design

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March 5th, 2006 at 8:11 pm

Posted in Design, Technology

Tumblelog

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September 11th, 2005 at 6:26 pm

Posted in Design, Software, Technology

Paul Frank is Your Friend

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August 2nd, 2005 at 8:18 pm

Posted in Business, Design, Knowledge

Queenthings Redesign, CMSFactor Design

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March 30th, 2005 at 10:31 pm

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193 Big Reasons and 5 Small Reasons Why Google is Better than MSN Search

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February 7th, 2005 at 4:08 pm

Posted in Design, Software

Save a Good Design for Later

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October 6th, 2004 at 8:01 pm

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CSS Woes

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July 21st, 2004 at 9:04 pm

Posted in Design

First Websites…

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March 23rd, 2004 at 9:42 pm

Posted in Design