From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Daniel J. Sinder" Subject: How much time do I spend in meetings? Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:36:55 -0700 Message-ID: <4A2DF4F7.4070901@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MDu18-0007rK-Gv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:37:02 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MDu13-0007qc-F4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:37:01 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49215 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MDu13-0007qY-At for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:36:57 -0400 Received: from caiajhbdcbhh.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.177]:50656 helo=randymail-a2.g.dreamhost.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MDu12-0000Yj-Vg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:36:57 -0400 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: org-mode I spend an unfortunately large portion of my time at work in meetings. I keep track of my meetings in a file 'meetings.org' where, for each meeting, I may also keep notes. For example, the structure looks like this: * 2009 *** <2009-06-08 Mon 16:00-17:30> Meeting 1 *** <2009-06-08 Mon 15:30-16:00> Meeting 2 *** <2009-06-08 Mon 15:00-15:30> Meeting 3 ***** If I have notes, they're under the heading - More information - about this meeting *** <2009-06-08 Mon 14:00-14:30> Meeting 4 *** <2009-06-08 Mon 11:00-12:30> Meeting 5 *** <2009-06-08 Mon 10:00-11:00> Meeting 6 *** <2009-06-05 Fri 15:30-17:30> Meeting 7 *** <2009-06-05 Fri 13:30-15:30> Meeting 8 *** <2009-06-05 Fri 11:00-13:30> Meeting 9 *** <2009-06-05 Fri 10:00-10:30> Meeting 10 For many meetings, I don't take notes....or don't even take my laptop to the meeting. However, I'd still like to summarize/report the time I spend in meetings, but clocking in/out seems entirely redundant. After all, the time I spend in the meeting is already in the headline's time stamp. For now, I go through each meeting headline at the end of the day, clocking in/out, and adjusting the times to match the time stamp. It's a silly exercise in redundancy. Is there a better way to do this? For example, is there some way to use the meeting time stamps directly in clock summaries/reports (as if I had clocked in/out at those times)? I'm not looking for a new feature here, just curious if there's a better way. Thanks, Dan