This is terribly inefficient and an over site on the part of Market Circle. I’ve never been able to find way to jump in to the timer entry window without moving to my mouse. The big issue comes when you want to add a timer entry. I mentioned above that you can get to the timer window with a quick keyboard command which is awesome. 1Password already syncs with multiple machines and iOS devices via DropBox so we know it’s possible. Adding DropBox support would not only fix the backup issue it could also fix the crappy sync. You can hack in support for this by using a symlink in to your DropBox but it’s not natively supported. Sure the Billings database gets backed up via Time Machine or Carbonite and it creates a backup copy on quit but instant cloud sync on save is something I only dream of. Truth be told sync never got fixed on my iPod Touch I just purchased an iPhone 4 and it worked again.īackup is also an issue. Add to that the fact that I was entirely unable to sync for an entire year after the iOS 4.0 update on my iPod Touch and we’ve got a sync solution that looks good but is pretty cumbersome in practice. The reality of this sync is that it doesn’t always work first try (though it’s usually good by the 4th or 5th try). While I mentioned the fact that they have an iPhone application available the fact is that it syncs with your Mac over the same WIFI network if both applications are running. Being able to just take my phone out and start the timer is way easier than having to haul out my laptop just to start a timer. I have a few clients where I’m on site for a few hours a month in meetings. One of the final points for Billings is the fact that it has an iPhone app. The fact that you have access to most of the functions you use regularly means you don’t need to open the full application. Want to see if you’re still timing, look in the menu bar. Just use (control – space) and you’re time is up, then click the comment and you’re off to the races.īillings also provides easy access to all of your most recent tickets from the menu bar. Need to access the timer and make a note on what you were doing during that time. One of the things that makes any desktop app better than any web app is the fact that a desktop app can give you system wide keyboard shortcuts. Once the project is accepted just flip the estimates in to working tickets and you can now track time against your tickets. Billings even provides ticket blueprints so you don’t have to type out the same ticket information all the time. Estimating is as easy as creating some project tickets with hourly rates and times then send out the estimate. It easily takes you from building an estimate for your client to working on the project to sending out the invoice. The GoodĪs I mentioned above Billings is an end to end solution for your business. If you need to work with multiple people you can use Billings Pro (I’ve never needed that so haven’t used it). Billings is an end to end solution for freelancers. After working with a bunch I ended up finding and using Billings by Market Circle. While there are lots of options out there for OS X users, from web apps to native clients. If you can’t get an estimate out you can’t get a project, if you can’t get out an invoice you’re not getting paid by the clients. One of the first things any new freelancer (or anyone who’s put it off) is to nail down your estimating/invoicing workflow. Edit:We had a server mishap so the images are missing and we’ll get back to them at some point.
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