2008 Sum Up

December 30th, 2008

Is end of the year and very good time to sum up things. 2008 was a start year of TimeCamp.

Our user spend 15680 hour at the computer. 56% of time was Internet surfing. We gain our first customers.

We’ve been also working hard to improve TimeCamp. Here is a list of some major changes:

- Business groups, see TimeCamp ROI Calculator.
- Productivity chart.
- Weekly summary emails.
- Infrastucture enhancements to increase speed and reliability.

Thanks again for using our product.

Wishing everyone success in 2009!

TimeCamp for companies

December 2nd, 2008

Meeting users’ expectation we proudly announce new core feature: TimeCamp groups.

Would you like to be sure that your employees do not pass the limit of social networking or watching youtube movies?

With TimeCamp groups it’s very easy, as 1-2-3.

1. You install our small appliation on each computer – everybody can do this.
2. You enter to your account settings, create group and invite members by e-mails.
3. After 30 minutes you would see first results, and your employees for first time compare themselfs with group avarage.

It’s costs $8 / month per user. No long-term contracts (with 30 day full-trial), no sign-up fee, cancel at any time. Purchases are handled by the lider of electronic payments – PayPal. It’s very safe.

Furher reading:

• Survey – “Time Out”
• $178 Billion in Employee Productivity Lost in the U.S. Annually
• Internet abuse costs big money
• Triple Your Productivity

Monitor important live activities to be more productive

November 12th, 2008

Brian Tracy in his book “Focal Point” describes a very interesting thing: if you learn that someone watching you when you do some activieties, you start to improve this activities. Nobody wants to be ill-judged.

Now, imagine that there is a person who always stands by you, 24 hours a day. Its grateful task is not  to the lowering  eye of you and monitor what you’re doing, how much time you spend, how often, etc. If you had such a person, would you do the same way? Would you do the same things and do them in the same way?

Probably not …

That’s why monitor and measure. What  you not measure, you can not improve. I think that measure is an art in which we paint the picture of our lifes. It sounds fustian, but this is the truth. Example: Remind yourself day in which you were alone in the house. What where you doing, how did you look? When nobody is looking, we give leeway…

What can be measured in everyday activities? According to me, almost anything. But we should not try to do this. We should wonder what will bring us benefits or improve the humor:) And the best is something that could be measured automatically.

I am not a advocate of measuring the activity that happens spontaneously or which hard relate to private life. For example,  do not attempt to measure and assess the moments spent with family and friends, or time to relax.

What is worth to measure and how to use it to be more competitive company we will write in the next  posts.

A really big deal

October 30th, 2008

We’ve been hard at work making our product rock even harder. Here’s what happened:

• Improved stability in TimeCamp Data Collector
• We have new partner – Nozbe
• TimeCamp starts spreading

Our first partner – Nozbe.com!

We started a partnership with Nozbe.com by exchanging banners. But our partnership just started. In our heads we have many burning ideas.

We hope that time management and improving efficiency will be  better through TimeCamp and Nozbe.
Know, verify (TimeCamp) and plan (Nozbe) your time to live easier and better.

About Nozbe.com

Nozbe is one of the leading web application that helps you manage your to-do lists,tasks and projects. One of the Top 11 Web Apps of 2007 by Lifehack.org. This is definitely one of my favorite web-based GTD systems. You can sign up for free Nozbe account here. If you are not familiar with GTD methodology, I recommend Simply Get Things Done Course.

TimeCamp starts spreading

We are proud to announce that people can download TimeCamp Data Collector from hundreds of sites (like download.com or softpedia.com) and know how they spend their time.

TimeCamp Tip: TimeCamp users can see total number of shifts to an application (for selected time period, like 1 day) by clicking  “Apps & Sites” in the Dashboard.

What you measure, you improve

October 18th, 2008

Jim Estill says “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it since I am a continuous improvment person.”

But why measure?

• If you cannot measure it, you cannot control it.
• If you cannot control it, you cannot manage it.

But measurement is not an end in itself. The goal is to achieve an objective.

Our typical user spends an average of 4.5 hours a day at the computer. This will result in 19% of the total daily time. It’s quite a bit, huh? In TimeCamp everything is automatically recorded – with no data entry. Stop wondering “where did my day go?”. Reviewing your log can help you identify tasks you could delegate, defer or drop, tasks that you could spend less time on or time killers such as being interrupted by checking email.

Futher reading

You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure By F. John Reh
How do you measure personal productivity? By Matthew Cornell
You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure
Business Metrics in Action By Michael Alter

Version 1.0 finally out

August 28th, 2008

Version 1.0 is finally out! We are a new time managment service that offers:

• Transparent time tracking
• Setting productivity goals
• Automatic time categorisation
• Trends visualizaiton
• Tracking group performance

Start making the best use of your time, so you can handle all your responsibilities, without giving in to stress and procrastination. Empower your team with usefull system to help them understand how they spend their time. This will help your team to improve time management skills, increase productivity and realize the value of time.

How do you start? By analyzing how you spend your time using our service.

Any questions before you sign up?

We are constantly trying to improve our service. So please tell us what you think!

the Timecamp team