This looks like the simplest possible way to track time for projects.
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by:David Atkin
How cool is that!
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by:Jeffrey Dake
Now you can just roll a dice to decide what you should work on in the next hour.  Who needs any other fancy task management tool?  :)
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by:Michael Arciniega
Until you roll a nat' 1 and get meetings all day :P
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by:Lucas Bishop
This is interesting, but the only time I ever use a time tracking app is for consulting hours. In those cases, I use an app that records my screen while working on the project, so when I submit my billable hours, I also have a record that I was focused entirely on the work I'm billing for. I've never had anyone ask for this level of detail, but I feel it helps build an honest relationship.

Today most freelance sites require freelancers to have some sort of screen recording software on hourly projects, for dispute resolution purposes.

This one works really well:
https://www.toptal.com/tracker/
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by:Brandon Lyon
How would one bill for the hours when they're not recording the screen? Not all work is done on computers. Research, client interactions, production meetings, etc often take up just as much time if not more than the actual project work. I don't see screen recording as building an honest relationship, I see it as trusting nobody.
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by:Lucas Bishop
How would one bill for the hours when they're not recording the screen? Not all work is done on computers.

No worries, for this type of thing you can enter the hours into the time app. They're just shown as 'offline' type hours.

I don't see screen recording as building an honest relationship, I see it as trusting nobody.

Personally, trust is something that is built over time. Acting as a consultant, I record my screen as a way to ensure that in the event of some sort of miscommunication, there is no doubt as to my intentions or work ethic. I don't expect that every person I hire would have the same openness.

Punch clocks, "security" cameras, screen recorders, etc., can all be viewed from both positive and negative perspectives. At their very core, they are simply record keepers.
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