Personal insight
How automatic time tracking should really work
Why simple geofencing is not enough for reliable everyday use.
Automatic does not automatically mean practical
A location signal can fluctuate. Immediate reactions create false starts and unnecessary stops.
No immediate start
The app should wait until presence is stable enough to represent actual work.
No immediate stop
Short absences should not split a workday into meaningless fragments.
Control instead of blind trust
Users need to see, edit and correct every automatic decision.
Reliability matters more than show
Quiet, predictable behaviour creates more value than a long feature list.
Explore the projects behind these lessons
See FlowTime, LeasingTracker and the products currently in development.