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Can I break down Outlook work into "Window 1" versus "Window 2", or in any other way code for whether I was "playing" or "working" in Outlook?
I spend gobs and gobs of time in Outlook. Some of this is idle email chatter.Some of it is good hard work.
It doesn't inform me at all to see in a histogram that I spend gobs and gobs of time in Outlook....Which is all I can get RescueTime to show me.
I know that Outlook can be opened in multiple windows at the same time, e.g., one window for appointments, one window for email. Is there any way to use that functionality with RescueTime, to at least show that I was working in "Outlook Window 1" or "OutlookWindow 2"?
Presuming not, what do you recommend as a workaround solution? I can't be the only hominid for whom this inability to even minimally break down my Outlook time expenditures (just "play" versus "work", by using separate windows for play and work)
is a real dealbreaker.
(Nope, using a web-based email system for either play or work is not a solution for me. Because it's only in Outlook that I have sufficient functionality, access to past emails, easy attachments and batch processing, etc. Switching to web-based email in order to log play vs. work time would definitely not be worth it, time-wise.)
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It doesn't inform me at all to see in a histogram that I spend gobs and gobs of time in Outlook....Which is all I can get RescueTime to show me.
I know that Outlook can be opened in multiple windows at the same time, e.g., one window for appointments, one window for email. Is there any way to use that functionality with RescueTime, to at least show that I was working in "Outlook Window 1" or "OutlookWindow 2"?
Presuming not, what do you recommend as a workaround solution? I can't be the only hominid for whom this inability to even minimally break down my Outlook time expenditures (just "play" versus "work", by using separate windows for play and work)
is a real dealbreaker.
(Nope, using a web-based email system for either play or work is not a solution for me. Because it's only in Outlook that I have sufficient functionality, access to past emails, easy attachments and batch processing, etc. Switching to web-based email in order to log play vs. work time would definitely not be worth it, time-wise.)
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Inappropriate?Plumbing the depths of email and IM are both on the horizon. As you say, people spend gobs and gobs of time communicating and right now, it's a big black hole (about 15% of our user's time is spent there, if you're curious).
It certainly would be close to a dealbreaker for me. However, in my case I use hosted Gmail for work and plain ol' gmail for personal stuff. For a long time, RescueTime didn't differentiate the two and it was pretty annoying for me.
As you might notice on our web site, we're moving towards a business offering (we'll always have a free offering at least as good as what you see today). I've heard rumors that Outlook is pretty dominant in the biz world ( :-) ), so we're going to have to do this.
Right now, we're imagining the ability to see differentiated time spent composing, reading, and scheduling, and perhaps as deep as allowing you to categorize the top individuals you corrospond with. Heck, it might be cool enough for me to switch back to Outlook!
Keep your fingers crossed!
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Inappropriate?Sounds great, Tony, but please pass on this intensive Outlook user's suggestion, consistent with 80/20 principles, that for many of us simply being able to log two different Outlook iterations as different activities (Iteration 1: Social. Iteration 2: Work) would be simpler AND better.
It actually would be MUCH more useful to me than being able to log how much time I spent composing, reading, scheduling, or even which person I spent how much time on.
I spend some time SOCIALLY with Brian, and some time working with Brian. I also sometimes compose SOCIAL emails. Sometimes I compose WORK emails. Etc. So, actually, NONE of the distinctions you mention would actually let me keep track of my work/play ratio in Outlook.
In sum, I suspet you guys could do a ton less programming, and wind up with a much niftier way to classify Outlook activity.
Just base it on which Outlook iteration was opened first/second on my desktop. First Outlook iteration = for work. Second Outlook iteration = for play.
That's ALL I'd need to be a happy camper...
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Inappropriate?I use different Outlook profiles - one for work and one for personal. If RT could differentiate between them, that would be awesome.
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