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Scaling up knowledge workers

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Every year I try to spend a month doing things I’m proud of such as developing new ideas, sharpening the saw, and moving pet projects forward. Scaling up knowledge workers is one of those ideas I’m a knowledge worker, and I want to get the most out of myself that is possible. I call this scaling up , and it’s something I’m passionate about. The tooling for scaling up is in its infancy, so I’m helping to develop it. Personal Analytics One of the first area’s I’m developing is personal analytics. Personal analytics answers questions about you, and the first branch of personal analytics I’m exploring is screen time analytics. In this domain I’ve written either sensors, sensor downloaders and/or dashboards: Analytics Type Sensor/Data Extractor Visualizer Outlook E-mail psOutlook Email Analytics Screen Time Rescue Time Analytics Screen Time Analytics Time Usage Time Usage Reporter TBD Onenote Automation I do alot of my writing ( and writing is thinki

Cool Tools: Rescue Time

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Have you ever tried to remember where your time went last week and had no clue?   Rescue Time  helps you understand where your time goes by keeping track of what application and web sites you use, and providing analytic over that data. I started using rescue time a few days ago, and can't wait to build up my personal usage data.