| January 15th, 2013
Throughout the world, creative agencies are the bulwarks of creative services — providing clients with traditional graphic design, cutting-edge Web design, advanced Web development, and innovative marketing, to name a few. As diverse as our creative offerings may be, creative agencies are quite similar in how we handle our contracts and billings. Regardless of how […]
| January 14th, 2013
Comparing time estimates with the actual time tracked is a cornerstone of good project management practice. A project manager who can calculate the amount of time left on a project is able to make more informed decisions — for example, reducing scope to complete the project under budget, or pulling in more people to complete […]
| November 2nd, 2012
I have had the opportunity to speak one-on-one with several customers who use Intervals for their online time tracking. And each one has shared a similar story. Online time tracking software is great. It’s awesome. But it’s not a silver bullet. Many of our customers have a similar experience when they first start using Intervals. […]
| October 25th, 2012
There are a lot of web-based apps out there designed to improve small business productivity. And many of them are very good. Figuring out what online project management software to use at your company is more an issue of what fits your workflow best, not what app is the “best.” If you are trying out […]
| October 16th, 2012
I’ve had many conversations about the pros and cons of time tracking with several different web design agencies, creative agencies, and IT services companies — and their corporate in-house counterparts. One of the most common questions that comes up is, “why would we track our time if we aren’t billing hourly?” It’s a valid question. […]
| August 28th, 2012
Time tracking is something we’ve always done at our Web design and development agency, Pelago. When we transitioned into a SaaS company five years ago, with our flagship online software Intervals, the time tracking practices followed with us. Agile development just came naturally to us, and our time tracking habits dovetailed with our rendition of […]
| February 21st, 2012
Our flagship product, Intervals, is coming up quickly on it’s sixth anniversary. Before the first line of code was ever written, we had already been tracking time for six years as a Web design and development agency. So we knew a little bit about the dos and don’ts, and how to make it easier for […]
| February 10th, 2012
Before there was such a thing as online time tracking software, I was already obsessed with tracking my time. I’d worked in creative agencies, web design agencies, web development shops, software development companies, and even dabbled in IT. Regardless of my role at each job, I wanted to know how much time I was working, […]
John is a co-founder, web designer and developer at Pelago.
His blog posts are inspired by everyday encounters with designers, developers, creatives and small businesses in general.
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Her blog posts are based largely on her experience working with teams to improve harmony and productivity.
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Michael is a co-founder and product architect at Pelago.
His contributions stem from experiences managing the development process behind web sites and web-based applications such as Intervals.
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