Automatic Capture Across Every Source
Connect your browser, desktop, calendar, editor, chat, meetings, phone and code host once, then let time capture itself.
These images are illustrations of the concept, not screenshots of the actual product.
Overview
TimeCampus is designed to capture time from the tools people already use instead of asking them to log it. This concept illustrates the capture layer: a Channels page where sources are connected and scheduled, and three views that show what those sources reveal about the day, from application usage and email time to arrivals at defined places.
Work is scattered across a browser, a code editor, a calendar, chat, video meetings and a phone, and no one remembers all of it at the end of the day. Collecting it by hand is tedious, while monitoring software that records screens or keystrokes erodes trust. The design takes a different path: each source is an explicit, visible connection with its own sync schedule, and what it gathers is summarized into categories and totals.
The Channels page lays out eight sources as cards, including a browser extension, a desktop app, a calendar, an IDE plugin, a chat workspace, video meetings, a mobile app and a code host, each with a Connected status, the last sync time and a sync interval, and most with Manage and Configure buttons. The Application Usage view ranks apps by time with Productive, Neutral or Distracting labels, a share of the day and a mini trend, alongside a donut chart of productive, neutral and distracting time and a daily usage curve, with a date range and an Export button. Email Tracking breaks inbox time into categories such as clients, internal communication, networking and admin, and adds average response time by audience, weekly counts of important emails with a response rate, and a sent-versus-received trend. Location and Geofencing shows geofence circles on a map and a list with enter and exit trigger toggles, today's activity and an Add Geofence button, with a note that location data is encrypted and recorded only when entering or leaving a defined geofence.
Everything captured here flows into the self-assembling timeline, where it becomes categorized blocks, and from there into focus scoring, analytics and project attribution. What each source may collect is governed by the privacy and consent settings described in a separate concept.
What this concept shows
- A Channels page with eight source cards showing connection status, last sync time and sync interval
- Manage and Configure controls on the source cards for adjusting a connection and its capture
- A ranked application list with Productive, Neutral and Distracting labels, share of time and mini trends
- A donut chart of productive, neutral and distracting time and a daily usage curve with a peak marker
- Email time broken down by category, with average response time by audience and a sent-versus-received trend
- A map of geofences with enter and exit trigger toggles and a note that location is recorded only at geofence boundaries
How it works
- Open Channels and review which sources are connected and when each last synced.
- Use Configure on a source to adjust how it captures and how often it syncs, or Manage to change the connection.
- Check Application Usage for a date range to see which apps took the day and how each is classified, and export the results if needed.
- Open Email Tracking to see where inbox time went by category and how quickly important messages are answered.
- Add a geofence for an office, site or client location and switch its enter and exit triggers on.
- Return to the timeline, where the captured activity appears as categorized blocks.
Who it's for
- Knowledge workers whose day spans many apps
- Developers who work mostly in an editor and a code host
- Client-facing teams who spend much of the day in email
- Hybrid and field teams who move between offices, sites and client locations
- Operations leads setting up capture for a team
Illustrations
4 illustrations of this concept. Select one to view it full size.
Channels: Connected Capture Sources
This illustration shows the Channels page, introduced as the place to manage and configure connected sources, inside a desktop window with a sidebar of Dashboard, Activity, Channels, Settings and Help and a search field for channels. Eight cards fill a two-row grid: Browser Extension, Desktop App, Google Calendar, IDE Plugin, Slack, Zoom Meetings, Mobile App and GitHub. Each card carries the source's icon, a green Connected status, a sample last sync date and time, and a sync interval that ranges from every few minutes to hourly or daily depending on the source. The top row and the chat card also show Manage and Configure buttons. The design makes every source of captured activity visible and individually controllable, so people can see exactly where their timeline data comes from.
Application Usage Ranked by Time
This illustration shows an Application Usage page with a sidebar of Dashboard, Reports, Applications, Users and Projects, a date and time range selector and an Export button. A Ranked Application List shows six sample apps, among them a design tool, a web browser, a code editor, a chat app, an issue tracker and a music player, each with its time, a Productive, Neutral or Distracting badge, a percentage of the day with a small progress bar and a mini bar trend. Below, a donut chart shows the day's total in its center and splits it into productive, neutral and distracting time with hours for each. A Daily Usage Trend area chart plots usage from morning to evening, with a tooltip marking the peak. The design turns raw app activity into a quick read of where attention went.
Email Time by Category and Response
This illustration shows an Email Tracking page in a browser window, with a sidebar of Dashboard, Email Tracking, Calendar, Tasks, Reports and Settings and a search field for email activity. A Time Spent on Email by Category card lists clients, internal communication, networking, admin and miscellaneous, each with a colored bar, hours and share over a monthly range, with a total at the foot. An Average Response Time card shows an overall sample average, its change against the previous month and separate bars for clients, team and external contacts. An Important Emails Count card reports weekly figures for important messages received, replied and pending, with a response rate and a progress bar. A Trend Chart plots sent and received email across the month, with a tooltip on one day. The design treats email as measurable time rather than invisible overhead.
Location and Geofencing Map
This illustration shows a Location and Geofencing page on a desktop monitor, with a sidebar of Dashboard, Time Tracking, Schedule, Team, Location, Reports and Settings. A dark city map holds four glowing circles for sample places, a headquarters, a second office, a project site and a client hub, each labeled with its radius and either a member count or an Active state, with zoom controls in the corner. A Geofences panel on the right lists the same places with an address, Enter Trigger and Exit Trigger toggles, an edit icon and a line showing active members, last entry time and today's total. An Add Geofence button sits at the top. A footnote explains that location data is encrypted and that activity is recorded only when entering or leaving a defined geofence, so capture is limited to the boundaries a person sets.
Topics
- automatic time capture
- time tracking integrations
- browser extension time tracker
- app usage tracking
- productive vs distracting apps
- email time tracking
- email response time analytics
- geofencing time tracking
- location-based time tracking
- calendar and chat time tracking
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