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This morning we deployed a new release: Version 4.4 which we’re calling “Footloose”. Why footloose? In honor of Daniel who broke his ankle a month ago and just got his cast removed. What’s in this Release? Better tracking of billed hours. Prior to this release, we relied on date ranges to figure out which of …

Hey everyone, just a last minute note that FreshBooks will be briefly unavailable tomorrow (Monday) morning while we perform an upgrade. The skinny: The upgrade will take place Monday, March 31st, between 7 AM – 8 AM EDT. During this time, your FreshBooks account may be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. More details to …

Everyone knows usability is important, but not everyone knows exactly how to go about determining if their software/web/hardware product is indeed usable. As a professional usability consultant, I would (ahem) advise that you …

A side project that I am proud to be involved with is the mesh conference, and tickets for the event May 21-22 in Toronto went live Tuesday. mesh is a conference that tackles the question: “what’s next online?” for society, business, media and marketing. The event is going into its third …

When you are a founder it can be hard to imagine your business running the way you want it to once you grow past a certain team size — you fear the magic will be lost. We continue to be cautious and methodical about growth at …

Going to conferences are a fun way to learn things and make friends, but they are still very much work… and when you are in marketing that means leaving people with a positive impression so they will remember you well after the event. Normally, we would just smile and be friendly; however, there were 7500 …

My online journey to becoming a self-employed freelancer has been a story in the making, I guess. Seven months have passed since I got my first paying client, and I am now …

Once upon a time there was a disorganized web designer who worked from home and used Word to create his invoices. This web designer found he was spending too much of his valuable downtime wondering who owed him money and how much…it was a stress on him and a waste of energy. Then came the …

Back in December we asked our customers, “who inspires you?” Armed with that information, we set out to ask those people a few questions. Third in our series: Web accessibility expert Stephanie Sullivan. What initially got you interested in the Web? …