I apologize: I stopped reading your list after item 5, so this software suggestion might not be just the thing you're looking for. You might check out Minuteur for your needs.

I know you're using this for documenting work, but this sounds entirely psychotic. If I had to work like this, I'd go bonkers. Would you have to enter when you went to the bathroom and ate lunch? Jeez...

If you weren't dealing with "real world" tasks, I would suggest Lifehacker) It tracks usage of programs. I think if you want a standalone app to do exactly what you're talking about, you're going to be looking at least at an Applescript solution. Which wouldn't be so bad, actually. You could invoke it with Quicksilver or create it as a Quicksilver action. But, that all assumes you are running on OS X.

Hope the second paragraph helps. I know the first one didn't...

Try looking into David Seah's Printable CEO series. A good deal of the methodology is paper-based, but there's a really useful online version of the Task Tracker.

With that many specific requirements, you'll probably have to write it yourself or have it written.

I use org-mode for Emacs to handle time tracking (along with all my task and project planning)--- it meets your first five requirements but lives in a completely different universe from the rest.

Interesting responses to say the least lol.

Nehoo, thanks all for getting back to me. I have kinda found something that is close. BK Task Timer. I'll also take a look at the online Task Tracker.

And whilst I wouldnt be noting everytime I went to the toilet or checked out the hotness walking by on the street - I could if I wanted to.

The most important thing was for me to be able to capture something right then and there quickly and easily that wasnt an excel s/sheet or word document.

Cheers and I look forward to reading more on this forum :)

L8r
Ben

There is an app called wakoopa that can log your activity on various applications, but that’s just the raw number of hours that you were on Word, for example.

On the mac, there’s always Omni Outliner that has pretty advanced list-making features, including time.

You might have to just leave a spreadsheet open and log your activities that way.

Good luck.

I finally convinced my employer to let me switch to a Mac, and the PC application I miss most is Ken Reek's (Personal Timeclock). It may not have every feature on your wish list, but I think it's great--both on the input side and on the output (reporting) side. Simple but not too simple. I really wish there were a Mac version available; unfortunately, Prof. Reek says he has no plans to port it.

I've been using the trial version of Virtual TimeClock Pro for about a month, and it's OK, but I just don't like it as much as PT (and not just because it's more expensive). I'm considering running Parallels, just so I can use PT again. If anyone knows of anything for the Mac as nice and simple and good as PT, I'd love to hear about it.

I’ve tried Qlockwork, which is integrates with Outlook, sits in the background and provides a calendar of which applications, emails, documents, etc were worked on throughout the day (including their filenames/title).

Your best bet is to try and find something that makes this as automatic as possible. Otherwise, you’ll inevitably forget to keep it updated or end up with “fudged” data.

There’s also a few web-based systems emerging that might be useful. Take a look at Freshbooks.

On Mac, I liked the time capture tool that came with Billings 2.