| September 4th, 2019
Let’s be honest. Tracking time and invoicing clients are the two of the most loathed job responsibilities in the professional world. On the flip side, these practices are required at any agency that wants to effectively manage and get paid for their time. Whether billing hourly or billing a fixed fee, using the right time […]
| August 26th, 2019
In the not too distant past, we earned most of our revenue doing professional web design and development. Over the course of 10 years we built over 300 web sites for over 100 companies. And while we eventually went on to develop Intervals — our project management software for web design agencies and other small […]
| August 21st, 2019
Time is our most precious resource. Agencies understand this more than most, because the professional services they provide are backed by the people doing the work, and people can only work so many hours in a day. The agency that manages time effectively will improve their chances of being successful. Fortunately, there are plenty of […]
| August 16th, 2019
Time tracking is a discipline that can be difficult to incorporate into your day to day workflow. With practice, however, it becomes second nature and the efforts spent tracking time pays for itself in the form of more accurate billing. That’s just one benefit. There are others. Assuming you are breaking down your projects into […]
| August 7th, 2019
Billing clients has to be the least enjoyable responsibility of any agency. When done right, however, billing can help maintain consistent cash flow, and free up creatives to focus more on their work. In our experience as a web design and development agency, we discovered the two biggest time sinks with billing were the time […]
| June 24th, 2019
Today we released the initial version of the Intervals Mobile App for Android and iOS. The mobile app is a companion for the desktop experience and is available for your iPhone or Android device. Click the corresponding link to install it on your device. Logging into your account When launching the app for the first […]
| May 29th, 2019
Yesterday we experienced an unexpected service interruption. In the spirit of openness and transparency we wanted to communicate what exactly happened. What happened? At approximately 6:00 PM (PDT) on May 28, 2019, our network probes and monitoring systems reported a problem with network availability. Our system administration team immediately started an investigation and isolated the […]
| May 20th, 2019
It’s well understood that backing up your database is, arguably, the single most important step in preventing data loss and building redundancy into your application. A thoroughly redundant backup plan will include having replica servers on standby and filesystem level backups for disaster recovery. The second most important step is verifying those same backups. Unfortunately, […]
