Tracking Time from the Desktop with MerryFools’ TimeThis
Whether you and your colleagues are separated by just a cubicle, a couple of office floors or even ZIP codes, you may have experienced the benefits of using one of the many Web-based collaboration and project management applications available these days. Here at HealthComm, we’ve used a number of such tools over the years to differing degrees of satisfaction.
Two of the most popular services available are activeCollab and Basecamp. We’ve used both of these services; in fact, we still use both, so we hope you weren’t looking for a recommendation!
One of the limitations we encountered with each service was the lack of a desktop time-tracking tool with all the features we wanted. But now, we’re limited no more.
Our sister company, MerryFools, has just released TimeThis for beta testing. TimeThis is a full-featured desktop time-tracking tool for users of Basecamp and/or activeCollab. So, what sets TimeThis apart from other time-tracking tools for these two project management platforms?
Well, for one thing, TimeThis is built using Adobe’s AIR runtime, which means the same app can run on Windows, Mac and even Linux systems.
For another, if you need to create a task on the fly, you can do it from inside TimeThis without opening your usual browser, logging in to your project site, finding the appropriate project and so on.
There are other nice features, too, like the abilities to add a comment to time before posting it, to keep a bunch of timers saved for regular use, to set rounding and billing preferences and more.
We’ve been privately testing TimeThis for a while now, and we’re excited to see MerryFools finally move the app into a wider beta release. If you’d like to join us in continuing to test TimeThis (and help MerryFools perfect their product), you can sign up to be a beta tester at MerryFools’ TimeThis page.
Tags: MerryFools, Project Management, Time Tracking, TimeThis
October 26th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
Keep up the good work cool software.