| February 13th, 2008
At Pelago, we embrace the open source camp. We put some of our own work out there, promote projects like Ubuntu, and we built Intervals using PHP and PostgreSQL. In the large space of web-based project management software, Intervals is a fresh alternative to the proprietary behemoths who dominate task and time tracking with overly […]
| February 12th, 2008
The primary purpose of a web-based project management service like Intervals is to track time and tasks, to run your small business and collaborate with a team. But is that it? Is that all Intervals does? Well, it does do a few other things, like invoicing and reporting, but there are some things it does […]
| February 11th, 2008
Coming up with a name for our web-based project management service — Intervals — was a lengthy, creative exercise. We had to whittle our way through a list of do’s and don’ts to find a name that meant something, and a logo that could capture something more than the hallmarks of a fad. Here are […]
| February 8th, 2008
The web-based project management space offers many options for small businesses needing online help with task and time tracking. We knew this when we built Intervals, but we went ahead and built Intervals anyways. Why? Because this is an enormous space, with many different businesses and many different needs. The web-based project management space is […]
| February 7th, 2008
A recent thread in the Sitepoint.com forums asks “How Do You Handle Website Maintenance After You’ve Created the Site?” At Pelago we use maintenance contracts to handle undefined chunks of time; when the client knows they need to retain our services for whatever maintenance issues may arise. Once a client has signed up for Pelago’s […]
| February 6th, 2008
Every monday morning we pile into Michael’s Volkswagen Vanagon and head across town to the Beachbreak Cafe for our weekly meeting. After a round of coffee and chilaquiles, we get down to business. The first thing we do as a team is evaluate the previous week using the Intervals Crosschart report. The axis can be […]
| February 5th, 2008
Time tracking is a common dilemma for most small businesses that bill hourly for their time, or who need to account for employee time. One popular solution is to track time on paper timesheets. While this practice certainly does get people to track their time, it doesn’t do much more than that. At Pelago, we […]
| February 4th, 2008
When we designed the initial architecture for Intervals, we were influenced by our experience with traditional ticket tracking systems (also known as bug trackers). We felt that their focus on getting things done, or fixed, made them ideal for us as web developers; because to get things done, someone needs to own the task and […]
