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December, 2007

The holidays are here

by Levi Cooperman  |  December 24/2007  | 
The holidays are here

Hey FreshBookers, Just a little reminder that the FreshBooks office will be closed Tuesday, December 25th and Wednesday, December 26th for Christmas and Boxing Day. If you need assistance, visit our forum and you may find the answers you’re looking for. If not, email and phone support will be back up and running on Thursday …



Version 4.2: more painless than ever

by Mike McDerment  |  December 21/2007  | 
Version 4.2: more painless than ever

Wednesday marked one of our proudest releases in recent memory: version 4.2 (codename “Thriller”). No big new features have been added, and no major changes have been made; this release was about tackling a list of many little things to make our users happy, and we’re hoping it shows. Here’s a photo of our release …



Use Amazon Payments with your FreshBooks

by Justin Giancola  |  December 20/2007  | 
Use Amazon Payments with your FreshBooks

With yesterday’s new version of FreshBooks, the Amazon Payments service is now available to FreshBooks users. This has been in the works for a while now, so we’re really interested in hearing about some of the first user experiences with Amazon Payments. Consider what follows a quick-start guide, and an invitation to try out the …



Version 4.2 to be released tomorrow

by Daniel Tsang  |  December 18/2007  | 
Version 4.2 to be released tomorrow

Tomorrow morning (Wednesday, December 19, 2007), we are releasing FreshBooks Version 4.2. Please expect a short period of downtime between 7:00 AM and 8:30 AM EDT (NOTE: this is 4:00am in LA, 7:00am in NYC, 12:00pm in London, 7:00pm in Hong Kong, and 11:00pm in Melbourne). We sent a detailed email out about this and …



You’re “just” customer service

You’re “just” customer service

Pro Tips: Expert guest contributors share their knowledge and insights Photo of Zane SafritMy friend and I were recently at a business event. And conversation came around to talking about business models. And after rolling around the business models with Web 2.0 startups and innovations …



Fresh Faces: Tai McQueen

by Sunir Shah  |  December 18/2007  |  , , ,
Fresh Faces: Tai McQueen

Fresh Faces: Real customers share the real benefits of using FreshBooks Photo of Tai McQueenI have used FreshBooks for a few months now. I’m billing faster, getting paid faster, and feeling more in control of my projects. But I’d like to write about another aspect …



We’ve got some super friends

by Aaron Adams  |  December 12/2007  | 
We’ve got some super friends

Greetings, fearless reader! In today’s post we’re highlighting friends of FreshBooks, whose stories we’ve gathered together from the cosmic reaches of the universe. If you track expenses, design websites or charge for your services — or simply enjoy riveting blog posts — then read on, I …



Productivity tip #35: kick-ass headphones

by Ben Vinegar  |  December 10/2007  | 
Productivity tip #35: kick-ass headphones

leave-ben-alone.jpgThe FreshBooks headquarters can be a busy place. At any given moment there are phone calls, product discussions, and programming banter clogging the airwaves. Combine that with our open-concept office, which means no cubicles, walls, or other sound-dampening barriers, and you’ve got (at times) one distracting work environment. I’ve found …



FreshBooks in the Fiji Times

by Mike McDerment  |  December 3/2007  |  , ,
FreshBooks in the Fiji Times

A while back I wrote a post about Triscuits, and Jonathan — who lives in Fiji — commented here on the Fresh Thinking blog to say: I’d like to request removal from all future posting which reference food items I’m unable to purchase in this country. I am right now dying to try cracked pepper …




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