Time Tracking & Productivity Blog
Thomas FuchsYou run a business, and your business runs on time. Whether your need to bill your customers, or knowing which projects use up precious...
Time Tracking & Productivity Blog
After years of waging war as an employee and consultant for big (and small) businesses, Amy left the trenches to become a full time Product Crusader. Product strategist and teacher by day, fine furniture enthusiast by night. As a web developer & interaction designer, Amy has created an empire of cheerfully bootstrapped products in the hopes of inspiring others to do the same.
Friendships, Freckle & The Importance of Breaks: A chat with Rachael E. C. Acklin
We were nothing short of delighted when Rachael E.C. Acklin–you may know her as the [Caffeinated Elf](http://caffeinatedelf.com “Rachael’s website, CaffeinatedElf.com”)–expressed an interest in talking with us as part of our Freckle Focus Interview Series. Our intrepid Freckle reporter [Marissa](http://marissabracke.com [...]
Amy Hoy
European Networks: Cogent Disrupting Freckle
Argh! **You may have had some trouble accessing Freckle from Europe the past 24 hours.** We’re very sorry! It looks like a major backbone internet provider, Cogent, is experiencing major outage issues. Freckle the application is up and running just fine; our hosting company is running just fine; but the connections between you, and the [...]
Amy Hoy
She’s Got the Beat: Musician Christine Bougie Tracks Her Time
Our inaugural Freckle Focus Interviewee is a lap steel player / guitarist / drummer / lover of the Freckle Pulse page, [Christine Bougie](http://www.christinebougie.com “Christine’s website”). Christine was kind enough to take a break from recording her third album to have a chat with our intrepid Freckle reporter, [Marissa](http://marissabracke.com [...]
Amy Hoy
Say hello to INVOICING!
We’re absolutely tickled to announce that Freckle now offers you **invoicing**. Oooh. What can I do with it? You can now create invoices for any project. You can specify a flat rate total (per invoice) or a single hourly rate (per invoice). You can add any tax percentage you need, and specify any currency. You can opt to show no hours, [...]
Amy Hoy
We’re refactoring, thanks!
> A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system. > — John Gall
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Say helloooooo to the new timer!
Our number one request for Freckle, ever since we started? A timer. You asked. We answered. And we took movies. Freckle’s got a timer now. We’re still ironing out a few little JavaScript bugs, but it’s almost ready for prime time action. And, in the mean time, it’s available in your Freckle account. You should check [...]
Amy Hoy
Woohoo, press coverage!
From the “other people are tooting our horn so now we will re-toot it ourselves, just in case you missed it the first time around” files: Lifehacker! Lifehacker named us one of their Top 10 Underhyped Web Apps. To wit: … Freckle doesn’t require you to learn a new set of rules or input methods to track how you spend [...]
Amy Hoy
Sneak peek at our new timer
Since we launched Freckle, the number one request from our customers has been: I want a timer! Now, there’s a reason Freckle didn’t come with a timer to start with. We didn’t want to build a timer into Freckle for all sorts of reasons: we never manage to use them properly, and even when we remember to start them, we always [...]
Amy Hoy
Hipster Time Tracker, v1: Download & Print
For your printable pleasure, I’m happy to unveil a little goodie we’ve made for freckle time tracking customers… and anyone who has a love for pen & paper. Download PDF (260k) This is just version 1, and we have some other pocketable ideas. You’re so quiet. Whatcha thinkin’? This is not a one-off for us. [...]
Amy Hoy
New goodies: Pulse, Punch, & Feeds
One of our goals for Freckle has always been to *help consultants & freelancers figure out their rhythms*. For example, those cases where you might be asking yourself: What days do I do the most work? What days the least? Hey, I worked on 3 projects on Tuesday and felt totally exhausted, but on Thursday I worked *only* on the Acme Widget [...]
Amy Hoy