Previously I'd been using a program called Klok to handle my time tracking needs in Windows. It's based on Adobe Air, and works pretty well for the most part. It's graphical, easy, and can export to Excel with drag and drop ease - which I really liked.
I've been using Klok for my Mac, as well. But, I was growing increasingly fed up with not being able to sync between two different computers (or more) and wanted something that was web based. That, coupled with an EPIC FAIL on my last timesheet (Klok just managed to screw up everything, I don't even know what happened) and I decided to start looking around again.
I ended up deciding to try the Google Calendar method. It's simple, online, and it integrates with iCal. Pretty good. The only thing was that I had to manually count my hours spent across my various projects. Until I found...
TimeTable! TimeTable is awesome. It basically looks at your iCal and calculates the hours for you based on what's in there for a given timeframe. Like this week. Then you can export that data and send it happily on to whomever handles your timesheets. In a nutshell? It's awesome. I tried it for literally 2 minutes before heading to the developer's site and buying it.
For me, this is perfect. I can visually manage my hours in iCal, which syncs to my Google Calendar, which syncs to iCal on my laptop. Then, I can easily compile and send off my timesheets. Life is good.
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