Comments on: Learning to love my Mac (maybe)

By: Ronlad

Ronlad — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:09:51 +0000

HourDoc is another tool for Time Tracking. http://www.HourDoc.com is right treatment for time and labor management processes has to be an easy-to-administer and affordable solution for Freelancers, supervisors, employees and HR and payroll managers. They offer free application to companies less than 50 employees. You must Try it!

By: Tzaddi

Tzaddi — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:02:27 +0000

Thanks for the tips, Nathan. I’ll check them out. “Life changing” and not having your arm tied back sound like pretty great recommendations!

By: Nathan Bowers

Nathan Bowers — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:04:03 +0000

Have you tried Quicksilver? It’s an essentially an application launcher, but also so much more if you want it to be.

When I’m on a Mac that doesn’t have it I feel like I’ve got one arm tied behind my back.

Also I just started using TextExpander and it’s life changing.

By: Rayanne Langdon

Rayanne Langdon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:13:40 +0000

Candy? Who has candy? Send some over here!

Yeah, you can definitely archive clients, but keep in mind archiving clients in FreshBooks doesn’t free up the client space — deleting does. And I know “delete” is a scary word, but we never actually delete any information. You can un-delete a client at any time (barring you have the client space) and access all his or her information.

The Moped plan works for a ton of people for quite some time, so like you said, it doesn’t hurt to give it a go ; )

By: Tzaddi

Tzaddi — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:47:13 +0000

OK, you sold me on at least trying it! The 3 clients thing was making it seem like not worth the bother so it’s good to know about that structure. Now that I’m in there it looks like I can archive clients too, so maybe the moped would work even for billing until I grow some more.

Now I see how it works… hand out a little candy and get us hooked, huh? Seriously though, I appreciate the info!

By: Rayanne Langdon

Rayanne Langdon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:37:42 +0000

Oh, I definitely feel you, Tzaddi. Thing is, though, if you’re not invoicing — only tracking time against projects — FreshBooks won’t cost you a thing! Our pricing structure is based on the number of clients you invoice, and since you won’t be doing that, you should be good to go. Check out our Moped (free) package ; )

By: Tzaddi

Tzaddi — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:32:31 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions!

@Chris yes, I do travel a bit, and some of the travel is without wi-fi (on a ferry). So ideally I’d like to be able to track while offline. But Time59 looks like a good product other than that; nice price point compared to Freshbooks.

@Rayanne sorry to bum you out Yeah, I saw the widget and am definitely keeping that in mind if I decide I need an invoicing solution. I haven’t felt the need for one so far so the price is kinda high from that perspective – if you look at it from long term vs. price of buying time tracking software outright.

By: Rayanne Langdon

Rayanne Langdon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:05:06 +0000

You know, Tzaddi, I thought I was a superstar Mac user until I read your post. Heh. There are a bunch of little things I now have trouble with that I didn’t used to before I made the switch. It bums me out a little to think about this. Haha. But, I’m okay with the sacrifices I’ve made and I’m a pretty happy, loving Mac girl : )

Anyway, I’m not trying to sell you on anything — promise! — but, I wanted to let you know that FreshBooks has desktop time trackers for both Vista (http://www.freshbooks.com/widgets/windows-vista-time-tracker-gadget/) and OSX (http://www.freshbooks.com/widgets/time-tracker/).

You can track time on-the-go and while you’re offline. As long as you’re online when you submit your hours, you’re golden.

Drop me a note if you have any questions or need a hand!

Rayanne Langdon — Marketing Coordinator, FreshBooks.com

By: Chris Monaghan

Chris Monaghan — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:48:49 +0000

Time59 (www.time59.com) handles time and expense tracking and invoicing. The first 30 days are free. It sounds like you travel a bit and a web-based app is a real bonus in that situation.