# A Case for Time Tracking: Data Driven Time-Management

DevFeed: [A Case for Time Tracking: Data Driven Time-Management](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-case-for-time-tracking-data-driven-time-management-27363.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/a-case-for-time-tracking.htm>)

Author: Khan Academy

Published: 2016-08-08T22:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Khan Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/khan-academy.md>)

Topics: [Google Calendar](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-calendar.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Tech Lead](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tech-lead.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [tech-lead](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-lead.md>), [time-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/time-management.md>), [time-tracking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/time-tracking.md>), [web-frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-frontend.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes tracking all work activities as personal Google Calendar events. They argue that the resulting data provides a clearer view of how time is spent and helps inform decisions, productivity, and confidence about work.

## Source excerpt

By Oliver Northwood Tl;dr: Time-tracking everything I do in Google Calendar has made me happier, more productive, and ... Read more