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I am a programmer, I don't manage people and I use time tracking to make sure I
am as effective as I can be.

Things I look for in a time tracker:

    I like discretized time slots ala Pomodoro Technique, I want to click
"start" and focus on work until my tool tells me that a time unit has passed.
Then I can log what I did.

    I want to measure the number of "time units". I usually go for a minimum of
5 units of 60 minutes. I don't go home until I have done 5 hours of actual
work. I like to graph each day so I can see my tendencies.

    I don't care about different projects. I am either being working or not
working. This makes measuring easier.

    The closest tools that I have found to help me do this are:

    My Little Pomodoro - This one almost nails it. The problem is that it is a
Mac application and I am usually on Windows or Linux.

    Toggl - Not-discretized. Otherwise, very good. It doesn't have a desktop
app.

    RescueTime - Very cool, but I prefer simple work/not-work timers

    Most pomodoro apps either enforce breaks or enforce the length of periods.
A lot of them destroy a pomodoro when you pause because of an interruption.

    The best tool so far is to use a .txt file to log what I do every day. It's
worked for me for a year and a half, but I want something better :)