I’m delighted to announce that Timing — the awesome time-tracking app for Mac developed by Daniel Alm — is now URL-friendly (linkable)! And Hook already takes advantage of this friendliness, so you can now use Hook with Timing’s projects. Select a project in Timing, invoke Hook, and you can use Copy Link, Copy Markdown Link, Hook to New, Hook to Copied Link, etc.
I switched to Timing as soon as Daniel Alm added a visual timeline to it (2016). I’ve been using Timing every day since then, and have been very happy with it. This is the big additional piece I had been hoping for.
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The big idea here is that project information is managed in many different types of software: time-tracking software, personal project management software ( OmniFocus, Things, TaskPaper, Todoist, etc.), research ( in DEVONthink, Finder, etc.), notes (in all kinds of apps), email, customer relationship management (e.g., Daylite), etc. It’s important to be able to navigate between them. Now time-tracking projects are included.
I’d like to emphasize the Hook to New command that is now available when you invoke Hook while a Timing project is selected. This means you can rapidly take notes about a Timing project, in any link-friendly app (in Hook’s Hook to New… menu). So you’re not constrained to writing in a little note field. You can use the full power of your favorite note-taking app, and see your notes there. That’s one of the big ideas of Hook: take linked notes about anything in the app of your choice; instantly navigate between the note and what the note is about.
About time-tracking
If you’re not yet sold on time tracking, check out:
- the Timing.app website.
- Mac Power Users #637: Digging Deep on Tracking Time - Relay FM
- Cognitive Productivity with macOS: 7 Principles for Getting Smarter with Knowledge
- mySelfQuantifier — CogZest
More information about the integration
- I’ve written a blog post about the integration: Great Timing! Instantly Navigate Between Your Time-tracking Projects and DEVONthink, Scrivener, Daylite and Other Information – Hook.
- There’s also a help page here with the technical summary: Using Hook with Timing App – Hook.
requirements
This integration requires Timing 2022.2 and Hook integration version 218.