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February, 2007

Tips for Starting a Forum

by Mike McDerment  |  February 12/2007  | 
Tips for Starting a Forum

In June we released the FreshBooks forum.  Since then our 800 members have made over 2000 posts, and the team here at FreshBooks has learned a few things that I thought I would share in case you are thinking of starting a forum. The easy and obvious advice is: 1. Choose and install a decent …



Screencast: The FreshBooks Timesheets Redesigned

by Mike McDerment  |  February 8/2007  | 
Screencast: The FreshBooks Timesheets Redesigned

Here is a quick and dirty look at our totally redesigned timesheets. It includes a fairly detailed tour of our new capabilities in the time tracking arena and some other news – let us know what you think. Click the image to watch the video: New Timesheet Video


The timesheets they are a chaaangin’

by Levi Cooperman  |  February 8/2007  | 
The timesheets they are a chaaangin’

FreshBooks Version 3.7 is now out and the feedback has been pouring in. Almost everything has been positive, thank you to those of you who sent in some comments. With the new timesheets, FreshBooks users are now able to: Log your time faster and more in line with how your business runs. The new timesheet …



Closing up Early Today

by Mike McDerment  |  February 7/2007  | 
Closing up Early Today

It’s very rare that we have meetings that keep us away from our phone lines and email, but today we are closing up shop early to take the team for a final tour of our new office! That’s right…and then we’re going bowling. (You think I’m kidding but I’m not). Today we will not be …



Walking the Tightrope

by Mike McDerment  |  February 7/2007  | 
Walking the Tightrope

What is our core competency at FreshBooks? Walking the Tightrope. Walking the tightrope is a term I use around here more and more…What does walking the tightrope mean if you are a web application developer? It means finding a balance between what people need and what you *can* put in your application. Believe me, we’ve …



Tech Around Toronto

Tech Around Toronto

Largely thanks to the efforts of David Crow, over the past 12 months new life has been breathed into the Toronto technology community. Popular “unconference” type events that are free to attend (such as BarCamp and DemoCamp) have drawn developers, designers, marketers and entrepreneurs out of the woodwork. I’d like to take a second and …



Yaa Baby – PayPal Website Payments Pro Goes British

Yaa Baby – PayPal Website Payments Pro Goes British

PayPal Website Payments Pro, PayPal’s version of a payment gateway that is reasonably austin-powers.JPGpriced and does not require a merchant account, has now been released in the UK.  It was previously only available to US merchants.  I am not sure when it became available, one of our customers in the UK …




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