Time Sink is a new tool from Many Tricks, who also make cool things like Butler and Witch.
Time Sink monitors how you use your Mac – which applications you use, and how long you use them for. It collates and aggregates this data over time, displaying it an attractive chart.
If you want a little more detail than the defaults, you can get it by creating “pools” – groups of applications whose usage you want to see in a combined view. You might want to see how much of your time gets eaten by various browsers, or by music apps, or by anything involving text.
I’m part fascinated, and part terrified by the idea of Time Sink. I’d like to see what it could tell me about my computer habits, but at the same time I’m frightened that it would reveal some uncomfortable truths.
Which is probably the point. It’s time I faced those uncomfortable truths, so I’m downloading it now.
Time Sink costs $19, although you can use it for free for two weeks.
Giles Turnbull is a freelance writer in England. He also writes for the Press Association and The Morning News. You can find out more at his website, and follow him on Twitter @gilest.
