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By: Data & Stuff » Blog Archive » Goodbye Freshbooks, Hello Xero.

Data & Stuff » Blog Archive » Goodbye Freshbooks, Hello Xero. — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:07:53 +0000

[...] year I discussed some of the tools I was finding useful for running my company. This post is an extenstion of that and discusses how things have changed [...]

By: Gavin Wray

Gavin Wray — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:52:23 +0000

Like Robert, I’m a long-time fan of 37 Signals’ suite of apps. The two I spend most of my time in are Basecamp (for organising work) and Highrise (to manage contacts and leads).

For any kind of content collaboration, I usually go with Google Docs.

For time tracking I use Harvest, though I could probably be a bit smarter at making invoicing more productive.

Neil and commenters – lots of interesting links to check out, thanks for mentioning them.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:36:51 +0000

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By: Robert Sharl

Robert Sharl — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:18:24 +0000

Dropbox is essential, yes. I moved up to the 50GB account and don’t regret it one bit. Pretty much all my docs are now there, and it made migrating from one MacBook to another painless. For me the synching is the main draw, with the web access (and roll-back) a nice extra. I also use it extensively for sharing with colleagues. iPhone access is nice too.

I’m a long-time Backpack/Basecamp/Writeboard/Highrise/Campfire user. They’re all useful, though I’m more reliant on Basecamp and Backpack than the others.

Evernote is becoming a staple for me too. I rarely print anything on paper, instead printing pdf to Evernote and relying on the synching to have it on my iPhone and other Macs. I use it to annotate meeting notes at my desk and carry them into the meeting a few minutes later.

MobileMe is much-maligned, but it’s getting more and more useful. Having all my calendars and contacts pushed across the network is fantastic, and it saved me a lot of pain when I had to have the iPhone replaced, and all my addresses were pushed to the new phone automatically in minutes. Possible to do with Google and other solutions, but very slick in Apple’s implementation. I’ve also used the gallery feature to make a quick shared album in iPhoto and then collaborate via Skype on making changes for viewing in Hong Kong, with adjustments again pushed out automatically as soon as I save in iPhoto.

By: Philip John

Philip John — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:49:59 +0000

For book-keeping/finances (and also a bit of CRM/invoicing) try Less Accounting (http://lessaccounting.com). I gave it a whirl months ago and it was really nice to use, plus the folks who made it are very responsive and open to feedback. Oh and it integrates with PayPal, Quickbooks, Basecamp. Cool.

By: Urban Foodie

Urban Foodie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:46:40 +0000

Great post, I’m heading towards the wonderful world of the small business, I’m bookmarking this for use later.

Cheers!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:14:49 +0000

Ta for this. I’m just working out how I’m going to manage the financial side of Created in Birmingham best and this is dead useful. We’ll have to have a natter in a few weeks when I’ve got things up and going.