Coriolanus Effect and Wakoopa Stats #productivity #timemanagement
I first started writing about Wakoopa in 2009, when I wrote the article Time Spend, is Time Earned on using it for time management, it has mostly been running in the background to give me some statistics on the way I use my time behind my computer, and whether it is used effectively. Recently I started a new projects with new computers and again installed the Wakoopa Tracker to measure the effective use of my time. Naturally the Parato principle still holds, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.
Coriolanus effect: n. the act of going around in ever decreasing circles until one vanishes up one’s own backside.
—Glaswegian expression
For Sunday it is possible to see the amount of time I spend creating a Christmas card, and I see that – split over Mac and Windows – I seem to be spending the productive 62% of my office time on development, documentation and mail. Again I can also immediately see correlations between any dips in time – such as Monday – and real events, in this case meetings. Furthermore the relatively short time spend on development on Monday can be seen to have a ripple effect that continues on Tuesday and Wednesday. I’m sure that had the statistics been available for Thursday this line would continue.
Using my calendar I could get a similar graph, and although the details of how long I was “researching” a recent XKCD joke are still lots be lost, Wakoopa enables me to see the usage of my time slightly better and the collection is entirely passive.
Image source: Wakoopa
Written by Daniël W. Crompton (webhat)
December 16, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Posted in algorithm, lifehacks, social
Tagged with coriolanus, management, office time, productivity, time, timemanagement, wakoopa
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$author nice post! i’m amazed
Alejandro Hipolito
February 4, 2012 at 6:11 pm