Writing tools: your personal data dashboard from Daytum

by Matthew Stibbe on February 4, 2010

I’ve just discovered Daytum. It’s mission is to let you “collect, categorize and communicate your everyday data.” What this means in practice is a configurable dashboard that lets you add numerical information and display it using a range of graphs.

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Here are some possible uses for writers:

  • Tracking word count output day by day
  • Monitoring time spent on different kinds of tasks: interviewing, researching, writing, editing
  • Communicating progress to clients via a shared page
  • Tracking healthy habits such as exercise, meditation, sleep or food intake
  • Monitoring expenditure

Here’s my first dashboard. I’m still playing around with it but it could prove to be a very useful tool.

Matthew's Daytum dashboard

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    Nepsn February 6, 2010 at 7:17 pm

    Really enjoyed trying this software out while we were developing our own tool. These lads have some talent. Paul – http://1DayLater.com – time, mileage & expense tracking for freelancers

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    Matthew Stibbe February 7, 2010 at 10:23 am

    I’ll take a look. Timekeeping is an interesting challenge for freelancers.

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    Paul King February 8, 2010 at 2:40 pm

    It sure is. Look forward to hearing your feedback!

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