[This was an April Fool's joke. See the next post.]
I didn't think that this day will come. Well, I was wrong. I came across this amazingly innovative piece of software which completely changed the way I use my machine. It's called FruitfulTime TaskManager Electro. Essentially, it's a task management software which also keeps track of what you do on your machine accordingly. I had two separate systems for that on my Mac: OmniFocus for task management and RescueTime for logging my machine usage.
However, there's a big difference. FTE can help you prevent procrastination by giving you a small "reminder" whenever you start doing unrelated stuff on your machine. Now, you're probably thinking: "I can ignore those remainders, there's nothing new here". Trust me, you won't ignore this one, since it comes in the form of an electric shock.
I took part in a private beta over the past 3 weeks and I can just tell you this: amazing. My productivity went up by roughly 70%. As I said, it only works on Windows. A Mac OS X version is not planned at the moment, so I had to switch to Vista on my Mac. Well, my MacBook Pro was declared in 2007 as the fastest laptop for running Vista by PC World, so no worries there. My only concern was that it drained the batteries of my Wireless Mighty Mouse. Nevertheless, the FruitfulTime team assured me this will be solved until the beta is complete.
