TaskTimer

The TaskTimer application was designed to be a program that helps over-applied computer freaks and other obsessed workaholics manage their computing time effectively between projects. It achieves this by acting as a multiple-stage, configurable, controllable "egg timer", constantly reminding you of the tasks you have to complete and how much time is left for each task.

Too many times, I have sat down at night when the wife and kids are in bed and essentially wasted my time. (By "waste", I mean getting distracted reading web pages, playing a game for too long, and so on instead of applying my time effectively to the various projects that I am trying to juggle.) Plus, I always feel like I have no time to just plain RELAX with a computer game now and then. This leads to frustration as I go to bed not having accomplished anything, not having relaxed, and not having used my time effectively.

TaskTimer fixes this. It's basically an egg timer that serves as both a priority list and a realtime controllable "nag" that I use to remind myself what I should be working on and for how long. It works by displaying a task and a countdown, then beeping when the time for that task has elapsed (an alarm) and then displaying the new task. Tasks can also be paused, or skipped entirely. By including *all* of the things I want do on the computer, from answering email to fixing PCs to programming to playing games, I can go to bed knowing that I've used my time as effectively as possible -- that every task got a slice of my computing time.

In other words: If you've spread yourself too thin and can't manage your time effectively, this is the program for you.