> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://woodrowpearson.gitbook.io/woodrow-wiki/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://woodrowpearson.gitbook.io/woodrow-wiki/analytics.md).

# Analytics

A collection of tools and software for quantifying personal data about how I spend my days & analytic software for work. That said, I am a firm follower of quantified self movement and I [track and aggregate](broken://pages/-LagXjKK7YJiOTf9UFTn) a lot of valuable data about myself and what I do. Specifically I heavily use [Timing](https://github.com/woodrowpearson/life-wiki/tree/16a9361766d9d55fd3abb798fd99d739e033361c/macOS/apps/timing.md) and [WakaTime](https://wakatime.com) to track how I use my time. And I always try to be [mindful](https://github.com/woodrowpearson/life-wiki/tree/16a9361766d9d55fd3abb798fd99d739e033361c/mindfulness/mindfulness.md) of the time I spend.

For user facing products, well implemented analytics will let you see how to optimize your system to serve some end goals better and for that you need data.

## Links

* [Timing](https://timingapp.com/) - Timing observes how you use your Mac and categorizes your activities.
* [WakaTime](https://wakatime.com/) - Open source plugins for automatic programming metrics.
* [Grafana](https://github.com/grafana/grafana) - Data visualization & Monitoring with support for Graphite, InfluxDB, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, etc.
* [ChartIO](https:/chartio.com) - Cloud-based data exploration, beautiful charts and interactive dashboards for business and data teams like yours.