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If you don't mind pulling your phone out, IFTTT launched a new app called Do that just lets you push a button to "do" something on one of their channels. They have pre-made recipes for putting the current time into Google Spreadsheets etc. https://ifttt.com/recipes/227069-track-your-work-hours

I think IFTTT is working on a Pebble app as well, but it hasn't launched.



That would work best as a watch "complication". Pulling phone out, turning on, finding app, tapping activity button takes too long; much easier/suitable to turn wrist, tap icon (adjacent to clock), tap activity. Good idea, if implemented with zero friction.


Fortunately IFTTT Do has a widget you can stick to your homescreen and even your lock screen.

Now if only it was a bit faster :( I use it to turn on the lights of a belkin wemo and it takes ~9 seconds for the light to respond, and frankly often doesn't work (in which case you get a helpful email stating it didn't work). But it's certainly much, much faster than using the Wemo app.


That's a cool idea. Pebble doesn't have a touchscreen, though. You could program one of the shortcuts (long-press one of the 3 right-side buttons) to open the list or even activate a specific activity directly. Assuming such an app ever launches!


Quite doable on Apple Watch. Enjoying my timer, exercise monitor, and calendar "complications" on the Watch face - very little UI friction.


so far I've found the Do button app to be totally unreliable... especially when trying to log things google spreadsheet, I often get the "recipe failed" type emails maybe 1 in 4 times...


There was a 3rd party app(pushbutton) that got pulled (upon request by IFTTT).

You can still implement this yourself using http://apps.getpebble.com/en_US/application/55123f98e28a6598... and the IFTTT Maker Channel ;)


You can also automate the process with GPS tracking: https://ifttt.com/recipes/133495-log-how-much-time-you-spend...




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