From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: Clocking work time vs. office time Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 21:55:50 +0200 Message-ID: <87inz0ur3t.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <8737q4x48t.fsf@mbork.pl> <87lh3wv6ci.fsf@mbork.pl> <8lkcvcxdvt.ln2@news.c0t0d0s0.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57234) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awEWP-0002sk-GS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:56:24 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awEWD-0002Gw-Gt for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:56:12 -0400 Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([2a01:5e00:2:52::8]:51967) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awEWD-0002De-AE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:56:05 -0400 In-reply-to: <8lkcvcxdvt.ln2@news.c0t0d0s0.de> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Michael Welle Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 2016-04-29, at 20:10, Michael Welle wrote: > Hello, > > Marcin Borkowski writes: > >> On 2016-04-29, at 11:21, Michael Welle wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Marcin Borkowski writes: >>> >>>> Hi list, >>>> >>>> I'm seeking ideas/workflows for a situation where I work partly in >>>> office and partly remotely. I'd like to be able to generate a report >>>> with information about both my work time and "office time". I know that >>>> you can't have two things clocked at the same time, so simply clocking >>>> "office time" and (during this office time) clocking e.g. individual >>>> tasks won't work. >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>> I assume that you use a laptop or some other portable device? In that >>> case you can grep the IP address (which might change when you change >>> workplaces) and timestamps from the log files (or create a script that >>> logs the IP address changes to an ORG file) and then somehow (coughcough) >>> integrate that into your report. >> >> That's actually an interesting (and not standard) idea. Even moreso >> because I'm writing a RescueTime-like time-tracking tool for Emacs, >> working (unlike Org's clocking) without manual intervention - recording >> the state of computer (i.e., current idle time, active X window, active >> Emacs buffer name and mode) at regular (or not) intervals and making >> reports. I did not include any network-related info, but this would be >> easy to add. Thanks, I'll definitely think about it! > interesting. > > I used the IP address approach for some time to track the time I spent > at customers sites. It worked quite well. The only trouble was if we > went to the cafeteria and talked for an hour before I had a chance to > start my laptop :). Now that I think of it, I guess it might be better/easier to check the network SSID. Thanks for the idea! > Regards > hmw Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University