From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Welle Subject: Re: Clocking work time vs. office time Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:10:15 +0200 Message-ID: <8lkcvcxdvt.ln2@news.c0t0d0s0.de> References: <8737q4x48t.fsf@mbork.pl> <87lh3wv6ci.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33652) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awCwv-00041L-I8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:15:39 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awCwj-0007WD-MZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:15:28 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:38275) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awCwj-0007UK-Fk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:15:21 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1awCwZ-0004HQ-Vx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:15:12 +0200 Received: from dslb-088-066-010-116.088.066.pools.vodafone-ip.de ([88.66.10.116]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:15:11 +0200 Received: from mwe012008 by dslb-088-066-010-116.088.066.pools.vodafone-ip.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:15:11 +0200 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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 :). Regards hmw