Posted by Amy on September 11, 2007 |
I’ve been doing some website work for some clients and I’ve had to keep track of the time I spent on the product on a piece of paper. The other day I cleaned off my desk and that paper went missing. This time, I remembered the amount of time, but next time I might not. Kinda risky since I need to break down my time spent.
Have you ever tried using timesheet software to keep track of your design time? I was so excited when I found this link that I had to rush in and try it. I think this script may just save me. I tried the free online demo, but you can also download it and install it for free, for up to 10 people. For just me, this works out fine. I’ve downloaded it, I’ll play with it and let you know how it goes.
Getting most bloggers to use time sheets would probably be a bit silly. Would I list research time? How about sitting back in my chair trying to come up with an amazing title for the post? I find that so many of the things that differentiate a decent post with an amazing post go beyond just the raw idea/content, and include the title, images, promotion, tags, and many other little details. It might only take me ten minutes to write a good post, but it could take upwards of half an hour to promote it and make it amazing.
September 11, 2007 @ 9:18 pmIf you sell that service, don’t you need to document the time?
I do design and coding, which is what I’m basing this off of. I never considered it much for strictly blogging.
September 11, 2007 @ 9:24 pm