Location Pie

Productivity

time tracking

SHOW HN2010

Location Pie

Manage your time, automatically, with Location Pie (my side project)

locationpie.com

#time tracking#location tracking#automatic time log#billing hours

19points
6comments
#82of 370 in 2010
Top 23%of 2010 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Idea: 1 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Shows how long you have been at work without tracking in your head

    From 1 comment
    • For me it provides incentive just to get out of the damn house. :P And it's really great knowing how long I've been at work without needing to keep track in my head.
      dmpatierno on HN
  • Useful for consultants billing hours automatically

    From 1 comment
    • Back when I was an IT consultant, I used to visit two clients a day and then have to tally the hours and enter into our billing software later each evening. I could not do this…
      raheemm on HN

Objections

  • Unclear how location relates to productivity

    From 1 comment
    • How does a location correlate to increased productivity? I have a hard time believing that if 33.3% of a day is in bed, and 33.3% of a day (or more) is at work, it seems really…
      acconrad on HN
  • Labelling places manually seems tedious

    From 1 comment
    • how does it identify location co-ordinates with labels? How does it know which place is home and which place is office? I guess you can specify that easily, but how does it…
      ameyamk on HN

Requests

  • Target market for the tool is not clear

    From 1 comment
    • Who is the target market? I really think this could be useful for not the average user but traveling service professionals. By looking at this data they can figure out where they…
      sourc3 on HN

Questions

  • How does it identify locations and which place is home or office

    From 1 comment
    • how does it identify location co-ordinates with labels? How does it know which place is home and which place is office? I guess you can specify that easily, but how does it…
      ameyamk on HN

Alternatives named

  • RescueTime

    From 1 comment
    • Who is the target market? I really think this could be useful for not the average user but traveling service professionals. By looking at this data they can figure out where they…
      sourc3 on HN

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