DoWork is a small helper tool that I wrote for me personally to keep me aware of how I spend my time.
It is quite simple really: As soon as the program runs, it locks your mouse and keyboard, forcing you to enter into the program what you now want to do and how long you think it probably takes. After pressing return, the program simply disappears until the time you entered is up.
The effect that I am aiming for is:
- You consciously think about what you want to do now.
- You cannot just click it away, it forces you to type something in.
For cases when you just want to finish reading something or you have to look something up quick (like an emergency number) you can now press ESC up to two times in a row, each giving you 2 minutes of peace (you escaped! :D Get it? No? Whatever.) After that you have to specify reason & time before using ESC again.
You can get it from the release page or just use this direct link: https://github.com/Marenz/doWork/releases/download/v0.2/doWork.7z
Easiest way to compile is to just open the QtCreator project and use the GUI.
- A server backend so that you can use it with several computers
- Recording of what you enter according with the time you entered and the duration you guessed
- Auto completetion based on your past records
- An 'extend current task' functionality