Back in My Day...
Back in my day... we didn't have any fancy nancy BubbleTimer. We bubbled our time with a piece of paper and a #2 pencil... and we LIKED IT!
Here is one of my daily time sheets from the March 21st, 2008. (I covered the activity names to protect my privacy.) This is from the week I got BubbleTimer to the point where I could use it for myself and so it is one of my very last paper time sheets. It is a doctored version of David Seah's Emergent Task Timing PDF with my own spin on it (the goals at the far left, some are exact and some with > and < ). In addition to the goals I doctored it up (with a photo copier and scissors) to include 14 hours. I think David's had 10 hours.. or maybe 12. Notice how I needed 2 extra bubbles to get the full day in, I stopped bubbling at 6:30 PM instead of 6:00PM, so those ran off the end of the chart.
Thanks for indulging my little trip down memory lane.
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Up next... I'll post some screen shots of what those first versions of BubbleTimer looked like. Prepare yourself for some ugly!
Haha, the good old days indeed. I'm looking forward to those screenshots of the early Bubble Timer days!
I don't think I even printed out a paper version of the Emergent Task Planner, despite it being a great idea. I was totally convinced that The Answer would be something online and paper-free. I am so glad it's here now! :)
Yeah, I never used the printed ones, I just used David's flash version. But it didn't really keep history, or otherwise behave like a real web app. Yay for Bubbletimer!
Man, I have somewhere between 50 and 70 sheets of both the color and the B/W versions, filled with miscellaneous extras - mainly Notes (hint :-)
Using BubbleTimer is just soooo sweet :-)
Chriztian,
I guess that means it'll be even sweeter with notes? Won't be too much longer now. I'm going to count it as my Christmas present to you since you want it so badly.
-Sean