Release announcement

[ErikBjare]

We might want to share here:

• Hacker News (Show HN, remember to read the rules before posting)
• Reddit
  • r/quantifiedself
  • r/coolgithubprojects
  • r/python
  • r/opensource
  • r/productivity
  • r/linux?
  • others?
• Product Hunt
• AlternativeTo
• Stack Exchange questions asking for time tracking software recs
  • https://productivity.stackexchange.com/questions/13913/linux-automatic-time-tracking-software-for-computer-work (disclose affiliation if creating an answer)
    • The productivity StackExchange has been closed
  • https://askubuntu.com/questions/4113/which-time-tracker-application-do-you-recommend
  • https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/40631/is-there-a-good-automatic-time-tracking-tool-for-mac-os-x
  • https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/123487/looking-for-a-decent-time-tracking-application-for-mac
• Maybe they care about this stuff here: https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/, no one has asked any question yet though so might be premature.
• @nikanar mentioned a few lists of RescueTime alternatives, one could try and get ActivityWatch into them.
• This page on Wikipedia
  • Make sure to disclose affiliation
• Quantified Self Facebook-groups
  • https://www.facebook.com/groups/quantifiedself/
  • https://www.facebook.com/groups/qssthlm/
• The Quantified Self forum
• A proper Wikipedia article (we're as of writing probably not notable)
  • I've created a draft here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Erik.Bjareholt/ActivityWatch
• Open source news sites
  • ghacks.net
    • 2019-09-26: They wrote about us! https://www.ghacks.net/2019/09/26/activitywatch-open-source-personal-activity-tracker-for-windows-linux-and-macos/
  • itsfoss.com
    • 2020-02-15: I've contacted them asking them to write about us
    • 2020-05-16: They've now written about us! https://itsfoss.com/activitywatch/
    • 2021-06-18: And again! https://news.itsfoss.com/activitywatch-0-11-release/
  • opensource.com
    • 2020-02-15: I've contacted them asking them to write about us
  • omgubuntu.co.uk -
    • 2020-02-15: I've contacted them asking them to write about us
  • fosspost.org
• Quora
  • "What is the best open-source time-tracking software?" (52 follows)
  • "Is there a free/open source cross-platform time tracking app for productivity?" (4 follows)
  • "Is there an open source app/website time tracking software for Windows?" (2 follows)

I'm pretty sure I have a list of more places where announcements would be appropriate. Unfortunately, I can't be bothered to find it right now since it's still a bit off.

[ErikBjare]

Just posted a comment on http://productivity.stackexchange.com

I'm working on an open source project that does this, it has come quite far and is currently in beta. Throw this comment a vote if you want me to write an answer about it (I need 10 reputation to answer since the question is protected). I probably won't do so until the project is out of beta though.

[ErikBjare]

This was a nice article, some of it in there could to us as well:

• How I Took an API Side Project to 250M Daily Requests

[ErikBjare]

Added it to AlternativeTo.

We should probably encourage users to give us a like there.

[ErikBjare]

I recently thought we might want to get users by crawling reddit for comments mentioning RescueTime (and perhaps other alternatives). I searched a bit and found the service TrackReddit which was a easy way to do this without writing code myself.

With it I could set up a live view of reddit content mentioning RescueTime: https://www.trackreddit.com/live/23198/1500309588/

[ErikBjare]

Bonus

• Make a video/GIF/webm showing off the Web UI.

[ErikBjare]

This got >500p on HN today: https://www.sideprojectchecklist.com/marketing-checklist/ (HN)

[ErikBjare]

Maybe FOSSPost would be interested in covering the project, or accepting a guest blogpost.

[ErikBjare]

This list might have us: https://github.com/lk-geimfari/awesomo

[1000i100]

Some other place like alternativeto to reference ActivityWatch :
(fr) https://framalibre.org/
(fr) https://degooglisons-internet.org/alternative
(multi-lang) https://prism-break.org/

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[ErikBjare]

I just contacted https://omgubuntu.co.uk, https://itsfoss.com, and https://opensource.com to see if they were willing to write about us. Hopefully they find it interesting so that they just have to write about it :)

[ErikBjare]

@alerque I noticed you're a maintainer for prism-break.org that @1000i100 mentioned. Do you think it would make sense to link it from there? I noticed there wasn't really any suitable category for it (yet 😉).

[alerque]

I would think so, yes. Someone should open an issue in the tracker and propose it (probably under productivity for now, but if we can think of other things related to this, maybe a new category). A proposal should cover briefly what other products in the same space do as far as handling personal data (most of them give it away to unknown parties in reams) and outline this project's approach to security. Where is data stored, is encrypting it over the wire a priority, will people using it out of the bog have good control over their usage habit data or will the default configuration leak, etc.

[ErikBjare]

@xylix @johan-bjareholt I just added it to a few Quora questions I found that asked about open source time trackers. Please upvote for visibility :)

• "What is the best open-source time-tracking software?"
• "Is there a free/open source cross-platform time tracking app for productivity?"
• "Is there an open source app/website time tracking software for Windows?"

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[ErikBjare]

itsfoss.com wrote about us again! https://news.itsfoss.com/activitywatch-0-11-release/

[BelKed]

Hey, I just added an answer to some Apple StackExchange questions, so feel free to upvote them for better visibility :)

• How can I simply and reliably track my computer usage?
• Background time tracking application [duplicate]
• Zeitgeist for Mac OS X? [duplicate]
• What is a good program for timing activities?

I even managed to gain more than 10 reputations in less than an hour, so I also added an answer these two questions:

• Looking for a decent time-tracking application for Mac [duplicate]
• Is there a good automatic time tracking tool for Mac OS X [duplicate]

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Edit: Wow, I didn't know my actions would close four questions :D