As a freelancer, its important that I accurately track and bill my time. I think a lot of us end up guessing about time on projects and tend to under-bill.<p>What do you use for time tracking?<p>(I am writing an app that 'solves' time tracking in a new way and am trying to determine which services I should target for integration. Currently supporting Harvest, what else is important?)<p>Please post the name of your time tracking weapon of choice so we can see whats popular.
When I track time, I like to use half days.<p>A half day is the most meaningful chunk of work progress and, of course, it is flexible - I hate keeping track of quarter hours or worrying about remembering that I stopped to talk to the UPS driver.<p>I've even written contracts with half days as the basic billing unit - and once I explain to clients that it means I may not bill them for a quick email, they pretty much get it.<p>I track half days with a pencil and calendar, and write a short description of what I did.
I'm using Yast, cool startup from Norway. I picked this one because it works on desktop and Iphone, possible to add subprojects with different pricing model, share data with another team-members/freelancers, comprehensive reports and has very good API. URL: <a href="http://www.yast.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.yast.com/</a>
I've been using this. Print them out every week. I find them easy to keep track with since I switch tasks often.<p><a href="http://davidseah.com/blog/node/the-emergent-task-timer/" rel="nofollow">http://davidseah.com/blog/node/the-emergent-task-timer/</a>
I love Hamster [1], but since I switched from Linux to the Mac I haven't found anything like it.<p>[1] <a href="http://projecthamster.wordpress.com/about/" rel="nofollow">http://projecthamster.wordpress.com/about/</a>