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I have a question about tracking time on a project. I charge by the hour, and often work in tiny spurts, and it's occured to me that maybe keeping a post-it note with "30 min/1 hour/etc" scribbled on it, which I then throw away when I invoice, isn't the best way.
Should I be keeping (and keeping) a spreadsheet or something?
I use toggl.com for my tiny spurts -- it lets you click a big red button (I admit, the big red button is a HUGE part of my love) when you start and stop on a particular task, and aggregates the total time you've spent in a week or month or whatever you need. There's a paid account that lets you handle multi-person tasks and sub-projects and billable vs non-billable hours and all kinds of officially project-management-ish things, but all I really need is "I was working on project A for 14 minutes, then project B for 2h23..." Especially when the 2h23 was actually made up of 5 separate little chunks, because it always is.
I like it that it's a web app (with an iphone app), so I don't worry about which computer is the spreadsheet on; the phone app also works offline and sync up when you get back online, for those times I'm actually not at a computer or don't have internets.
No takers for the opportunity to tear up my press release?
I feel like I make requests at the exact wrong time and then they get lost in the shuffle.
If anyone does have a moment, I would be grateful.
I just got a terrific photo to go along with the release and am feeling quite chipper about it!
How soon do you need it, bonny? I could have it back to you by Thursday morning, most likely.
smonster, there's a local artist who recycles glass; if the glass bead idea takes off, you might spread this idea.
You might also contact the society of glass bead artists (can't remember their exact name).
I like it that it's a web app (with an iphone app), so I don't worry about which computer is the spreadsheet on; the phone app also works offline and sync up when you get back online, for those times I'm actually not at a computer or don't have internets.
Interesting! I'll check it out.
I'm sending it out next Tuesday, smonster, so Thursday would be great!
Amy that actually sounds super helpful--I tend to be good on timesheets weeks when I'm traveling a lot ("ok, on a plane three hours, at the office seven...") but much more...er...guessing, weeks I'm home more.
Srsly - between the lack of schedule structure and the ADD, I can spend entire weeks forgetting everything I ever did... tracking with click to start/stop (as opposed to, oh, trying to remember something later) is a total godsend. And not just for hourly billing; it's also incredibly helpful to keep an eye on what I'm doing on my own (work) time.
hey, I don't have ADD and I can forget what I've done