What Did You Do

Thanks to Patrick Rhone, I’ve been playing with the idea of using some type of log file to keep track of miscellaneous bits of information. A few options seem to have risen to the top, and I’m testing them out to see which will fit my workflow the best (more on this in a couple of weeks).

In the meantime, I came across a site last night that offers this very type of service in a web app. It’s called ididwork. It’s a simple idea—anytime you do anything, you write a short entry and hit return. It offers a few other options as seen below, but it’s a basic tool.

While I was checking the app out, it made me think of the new Journal option added to Backpack in May. The gang at 37 signals used a similar type of tool to track what each team member was working on. They liked it enough to add it to the Backpack application.

These tools are good options, but are lacking in a few ways that make a local desktop solution more appealing to me. Searchability is the first thing that comes to mind—Backpack search doesn’t include Journal entries.

Anybody else using some kind of solution to fit this need? Let me know—there’s not a lot things I enjoy more than reading about other people’s productivity systems!