Timeline for Advice on re-quoting a client for a freelance project
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| Feb 16, 2011 at 13:09 | comment | added | user247 | @Calvin, not that I know of, I guess that you could parse the output of git log using a shell script. The only issue is that a commit gives you a point in time, not a duration. | |
| Feb 15, 2011 at 5:09 | comment | added | Calvin Huang | @Eric: Are there any tools/scripts that can pull timestamps from commit messages to generate a timesheet for you automatically? | |
| Feb 15, 2011 at 5:07 | comment | added | Calvin Huang | ApolloHQ is a project manager that has timekeeping capabilities. For billing, there are a bunch of apps that help you generate virtual timesheets: timely / toggl / tsheets / freshbooks / tickspot / harvest / cashboard / paymo.biz / intervals / rescuetime / hourdoc / ace project / 5pm / goplan / clientspot / slimtimer / punchytime / functionfox / 14dayz / time-assistant. Also there are these desktop apps: yatimer / vertabase timer / timetrek / premember / klok / easytimetracking.net / timepost2. | |
| Feb 12, 2011 at 18:12 | comment | added | user247 | Keeping track of time is sadly always a very boring activity, whatever tool you use. It certainly helps if you keep notes, as a diary or comments in commit messages for different versions of your files in a version control. Otherwise, it is very hard, for me at least, to recall the different activities I did at the end of the week, and even more several weeks later. | |
| Feb 12, 2011 at 15:13 | comment | added | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | For keeping track of hours, I find a plain old grid timesheet on paper works really well. For actual billing, I really like iBiz from iggsoftware.com (Mac-only) which has a built-in time tracker option for the menu bar. Inexpensive, thorough, fairly easy to learn. | |
| Feb 12, 2011 at 4:12 | vote | accept | Beth | ||
| Feb 12, 2011 at 2:47 | comment | added | Calvin Huang | I think there are also project management apps that keep track of your time for you. This way both you and your client know exactly how much time has been spent on the project and everyone is on the same page at all times. | |
| Feb 12, 2011 at 2:35 | comment | added | Beth | I need to keep better track of my hours from now on, especially with this client. By the time I sat down to add them all up, I was already 20 hours over. Sending a notice and a breakdown of hours before the estimate mark is a great idea. It shows them that I'm putting them first as a client and respecting their budget while also looking out for myself as a designer. Thanks for the helpful advice! | |
| Feb 12, 2011 at 1:28 | history | answered | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | CC BY-SA 2.5 |