Saturday, October 25, 2025

ProjectEcho: Interstitial Journaling Project 3

 I am thinking it is 99% done as I am not coming up with new ideas to add to it. 

https://github.com/krgirard33/ProjectEcho

Started as a note taking app that time stamps the notes, 

  • then got project labels so I could figure out what project I was working on, 
  • then got todos which ties into the projects, 
  • got a calendar so I could limit the notes to the last 2 weeks, 
  • then finished todos got limited to 1 month and added to the calendar, 
  • then project dashboards, 
  • then elapsed time so I could see how many hours I spent in each day, 
  • then how many hours on a project, 
  • then I added in recurring todos (The thing I am still tweaking around, not sure I am happy with).

 Need to update the User's Guide. 

And now I wonder what will come next.  

 

Friday, October 24, 2025

Rule 14

 If it is a major issue to get something fixed in the source program, then you have to fix it in your program. 


Inventing work arounds is fun.

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

ProjectEcho: Interstitial Journaling Project 2

 I have been having a lot of fun creating this. Totally flying by the seat of my pants, creating new features based on "It be neat if it had..." 

I think it is almost ready to try and use at work.  

https://github.com/krgirard33/ProjectEcho


 

Saturday, October 4, 2025

ProjectEcho: Interstitial Journaling Project

So, what does a programmer do after a week of programming? Works on my own silly project., an Interstitial Journaling page... that has mission creep. 

The basic idea of interstitial journaling is to write a few lines every time you take a break, and to track the exact time you are taking these notes. (For more on this: https://nesslabs.com/interstitial-journaling)

 I needed a better way to track what I am doing at work, as different projects get charged to different accounts, and this looked interesting and easy.

 I through in a calendar so I can see what I did last week, and a todo list so I can kinda plan stuff. 
But most of it has been me working with it and saying "It needs...". Very little planning. 

It is ProjectEcho as it is a way for me to get some feedback on where all the time went, what was I doing, etc.  

https://github.com/krgirard33/ProjectEcho 

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