Re: How do I review a day

[Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com>]

On Fri, Jul 04, 2014 at 06:46:58PM +0100, Robert Inder wrote:
> I'm starting to use Org mode's time logging stuff.
>
> I'd like to be able to review everything I have worked on today.
>
> Not the total hours, but each individual burst of work.
>
> So an ordered list of the CLOCK entries would be fine.
>
> I'm sure this should be possible, but I can't see how to do it...
>
> Is there a way?
>
> Robert.

Robert,

Agenda view with log mode ('l' key in agenda).

I also suggest you use inactive timestamps, then they can be added to
the log using '[' while in the agenda view.

This is very similar to my workstyle. With all of my professional
projects I keep a project journal. My todos and notes are in the
outline, and each time I change tasks, leave and return to the
keyboard, or feel it needed I press F9 which I have configured to
insert an inactive timestamp. Thus my notes files are riddled with
timestamps, but they don't get in the way as I tend to put them
between paragraphs.

Inevitably when someone asks how my hours were used, I can pull up my
agenda with logging and inactive timestamps and export to html. This
makes it easy to provide documentation to justify my time. It also
lets me track what was going on if and when a problem occurred.

Only with Org!

One note on using inactive timestamps vs active. The active timestamps
always show up in the agenda, and are used as appointment
reminders. The inactive ones you have to choose to include which is
why I use them.

My F9 macro:

 ;; Insert immediate timestamp
 (define-key global-map (kbd "<f9>")
   '(lambda () (interactive)
      (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
        (org-insert-time-stamp nil t t)
        (insert "\n"))))

Enjoy!

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