The human brain possesses a posse of precision timekeepers tasked with keeping
track of time on different scales and for different sensory purposes.
I was so frustrated that I decided to make an App for mechanic to keep
track of times on jobs and work orders.
Then there was the wait in the world's longest check out line; I lost
track of the time on that one.
If the «racing game» is about the ticking clock, the turn rate, the time it takes to get from 0 to 60, maybe the «driving game» is about the little things — losing
track of time on a long trip, deciding to stop at the next hotel, turning on your windshield wipers instead of your turn signal.
I use voice and verbal tools to keep
track of time on the half - hour and to dictate interviews, notes and documents.
While firms may still keep
track of their time on a billable hour basis, be assured that it is a different animal when it comes to invoices sent out.
Not exact matches
Web analytics programs
track nearly everything that happens
on a website, keeping a real -
time record
of how potential customers find the site, how they behave
on it, and why (or why not) they buy stuff.
With the aid
of an executive assistant who's a former statistician, Smith
tracks everything from the number
of hours he devotes to interviews to how much one -
on - one
time he spends with each
of his children.
Topics included: early reporting
on inaccuracies in the articles
of The New York
Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion
of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke
of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow
of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack
of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number
of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations
of allegations by former members concerning the practices
of Scientology; corruption in the leadership
of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic
of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own
track record
of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values
of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out
of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy
of various proposed solutions to the failed war
on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots
of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many
of America's public schools; an early exploration
of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study
of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one
of the world's last substantial rain forests.
Pay attention to how you spend each minute
of your workday and look for areas where you can improve; I recommend installing a
time -
tracking app that will run in the background, gathering data
on your activities each day and reporting it back to you.
While small business statistics can be frightening, knowing and preparing for success ahead
of time can set you
on the right
track.
We're embarking
on a month - long experiment with Plasticity Labs, a Waterloo - based company that's one
of a growing number
of startups aiming to help employers
track — and boost — workers» moods and motivation in real
time.
As they reflected
on their work with clients, they realized that all
of the
time tracking solutions in the market made it easy to keep
track of the amount
of time spent
on a project but didn't focus
on treating
time for what it is — inventory.
Fresh off the launch
of Falcon Heavy — which can lift nearly three
times as much as the next largest rockets in operation — Musk is touting BFR as
on track to begin testing «short trips» by the «first half
of next year.»
Gibeau — who replaced founder Mark Pincus — has a
track record
of managing EA's mobile franchises such as Plants vs. Zombies and getting games shipped
on time.
She's
on TIME magazine's list
of Most Influential people... chances are you've seen her
on the
track, or in one
of her record - setting 13 GoDaddy Super Bowl commercials
If you think
tracking your company's social media return
on investment (ROI) is a waste
of time, think again.
RescueTime will record how you are spending your
time, by
tracking time spent
on websites, and in applications, and give you a detailed report
of how much
time you are spending
on each activity.
Previously, staff would
track their
time on a piece
of paper — and with numerous clients, they might be working
on five to seven projects a day — and then Atchison would enter those hours into QuickBooks manually, an onerous process.
And every November, the organizers
of the New York City Marathon stick Impinj chips
on bibs to
track the
times and progress
of some 50,000 runners.
Haik and Moretti say Mic is also
tracking time spent
on a page along with other metrics such as repeat visitors, scroll depth (how far a reader gets into a story before they click away), and the number
of times content is copied and pasted into a post, tweet, or email.
Amazon says it isn't, but as the
Times article itself states, «It is difficult to comprehensively
track the movement
of prices
on Amazon, so the evidence is anecdotal and fragmentary.»
And don't forget that at the level
of racing where we compete, our team is often the first
time where young drivers get an opportunity to race in front
of the big teams
on the big
tracks.
Starting his own Twitter campaign, #nuggsforcarter, Wilkerson has gained a substantial following and he's
on track to set a new record for most retweeted post
of all
time, with 2.7 million retweets (as
of this article's publication).
The impact
of CGI America is charted over
time by what they call «progress reports,» which
track how talk at the meeting turns into partnerships, programs, funding and jobs
on the ground.
But new side - by - side comparisons from EDGI provide a kind
of virtual trip back in
time to the web before Trump took office, shedding light
on the subtle ways that the administration is making it harder to
track down information about climate change and alternative energy sources online.
New management software is contributing to revenue, as well: Because managers can better keep
track of routes and employees, businesses can decide
on fuel - efficient routes and cheaper delivery
times.
The numbers, which put the department store chain
on track to post its first quarter
of comparable sales growth in three years, are the start
of an awaited payoff to years
of investment in Macy's e-commerce firepower, says Macy's departing executive chairman and former long -
time CEO Terry Lundgren.
Whether it's a project for Insider Picks, creative work
on the side, or even an attention - sucking activity, like getting into a video game, whenever I get deeply invested into something, I lose
track of time.
They motivate us to accomplish our tasks within an assigned frame
of time and will thereby enable us to stay
on track to success.
These managers ended up having to follow up with another e-mail, phone call or face - to - face meeting 72 %
of the
time in order to ensure things stayed
on track.
Stranger Things led the social - media pack out
of 65 different brands, which ran 104 spots in 49 ad breaks
on Fox for just under 49.9 minutes
of dedicated ad
time, according to iSpot.tv, which measures activity from more than 10 million smart TVs and
tracks responses to TV ads
on social and digital platforms.
As someone who rarely has cash, this app helps me stay in good standing with my friends and keep
track of paying rent and bills
on time.
In campaigns, this is a given, and the writing is clearly
on the wall and
tracked on the pages
of the New York
Times.
MSCI's broadest index
of Asia - Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.1 % too, but after a string
of all -
time highs, it was still
on track for a 6.5 % monthly gain.
Jet Partners, which has five full -
time employees and is
on track for revenues
of about $ 5.6 million for the year, is No. 2,762
on the 2015 Inc. 5000.
Those teams have incredible real -
time analytics, not just at the race venue, but also real -
time, big data beamed from a car driving at up to 200mph
on a race
track on one side
of the globe to the race team's headquarters in England.
In a lengthy profile published
on Monday, The New York
Times reported that Miller «jumped, uninvited, into the final stretch
of a girls»
track meet, apparently intent
on proving his athletic supremacy over the opposite sex.»
With today's near - maniacal focus
on key metrics, dashboards, and KPIs, perhaps it's
time to measure and
track the good old - fashioned virtue
of doing what we say.
But Vanderkam asserts anyone can get a handle
on their
time with just a little mindfulness (she's a big proponent
of time tracking).
With construction
of Browns Range
on track to be completed next month, there could hardly be a better
time for Northern to emerge as the only dysprosium source outside
of China.
A Basex study from 2009 shows that the average employee spends 28 %
of their
time dealing with unnecessary interruptions followed by recovery
time to get back
on track.
It becomes your single central point
of management for all HR needs, streamlining tedious workflows like employee
on - boarding and off - boarding, document management,
time off
tracking, performance management, compliance and benefits administration to name a few.
You can even
track time and costs as you go so you can stay
on top
of your profit at a per - project level.
«To keep that within budget and
on time you just have to be able to decide by looking at some
of the
track records
of companies who have actually delivered.»
World stocks are
on track to rise this month for the first
time since January, lifted by positive earnings from U.S. technology firms and a string
of high - profile M&A deals.
Sharing your agenda or location
on social media allows potential thieves to keep
track of where you are, making it easier for them to
time a crime.
Privatizing air traffic control will have implications for the future
of U.S. drone regulations, much
of which hinges
on efforts to create a national drone air traffic control system capable
of real -
time reporting,
tracking and managing
of flights.
«While overall price growth slowed, gains in core price measures remained firm, leaving the Bank
of Canada
on track to lift interest rates two more
times this year,» Alicia Macdonald, the Conference Board
of Canada's principal economist, said in a statement.
Interested parties might look for how many users were in a particular location at one
time, what
time of day was the best for mobile
tracking, demographic information for each user, and so
on.