Design Engineering
Personal Productivity Dashboard
Turning raw activity data into meaningful insights.
Hustle Tracker collects application usage data locally and currently exposes much of the experience through a technical interface.
I am exploring how this raw activity data could be transformed into a clearer visual experience that helps knowledge workers better understand how they spend their working time.
The goal is not to create another productivity dashboard filled with metrics, but to investigate which information actually helps people reflect on their work patterns and make better decisions.
How might we transform raw activity data into meaningful insights that help people understand how they spend their working time?
This project allows me to work at the intersection of UX, interface design, data visualization and frontend development.
Rather than inventing a fictional product, I am using an existing open-source system with real technical constraints as the foundation for the project.
What This Project Involves
- Understanding the existing open-source project
- Exploring its available data
- Defining relevant user needs
- Information architecture
- Data visualization
- Dashboard interaction patterns
- Design system development
- Frontend implementation
Planned Process
This case study will evolve as the project progresses — each stage will be documented here as it happens.
Where This Project Stands
- 01 Project selection Completed
- 02 Existing product analysis In Progress
- 03 User research Next
- 04 Information architecture Planned
- 05 Interaction design Planned
- 06 Prototype & testing Planned
- 07 Frontend implementation Planned
- 08 Case study documentation Ongoing
Wireframes and interface directions will be added here as the design work develops.
Skills I'm Developing
This project is currently in progress. I am documenting the process as it develops. Research findings, prototypes, testing results and implementation details will be added throughout the project.