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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
Hola, Buffista Chamber of Commerce Delights! It's the last business day of the month, and thus time for the monthly checkin post!
As a reminder, checking in is absolutely not mandatory, ever. Please don't post specifics of clients or money. And your business is your business - no worries about too big, small, new, on-the-side, or whatever to play in the checkin. Mmmkay? So:
Oh, damn, is the month over already? Sheesh. Ok, I'll have to look back and assess.
Dude, I know. I'm currently stuck halfway between "what, already?" and "August HAS a 31st?"
I'm in the midst of my crazy busy season, so free time is in short supply, but that means that I've got around 16 people on payroll for the next couple of weeks, and then it drops down to around 10-12 people on payroll until the end of October. This means one of my "Did you pay the rent goals" which is to not just keep myself employed and fed, but also to be keeping other people involved in the arts in Los Angeles employed as often as I can.
We seem to be having a successful start to our Halloween Horror Nights install, so that's good. There are a number of overlapping projects this month so that will be a challenge for staffing, coordination, and design work.
Um, that's the short version.
bonny - gonna be tomorrow evening instead of morning. I've started but don't trust my low blood sugar brain to get it all right now. Hope that's okay!