If you need to use helper methods in the .prawn template, can add these lines to the application (I’ve created a lib/class_extensions.rb for this kind of class extensions):

class Prawn::Document
include ApplicationHelper
include DocumentsHelper
…
end

- My handwriting is horrible
- Spotlight search doesn’t work IRL… I have a natural talent for misplacing paper items.

I like to keep it digital because things are legible and findable that way :).

The tools I’m using now are:

- Omnifocus, for managing todo’s
- iCal, for planning the time to do the todo’s in Omnifocus
- Billings 3, for timetracking and invoicing. The timer is placed in the menubar on the right, which make app-switching unnecessary. When I get a phonecall or an unannounced visit, I just press the pause button next to the timer!
- Spotlight search ;)

See you in two weeks at the next Open Coffee? :)

You can also set it to a maximum amount of hours for a certain assignment. When you make too many hours for it you can warn the client in time or learn from it the next time you work on a simular assignment (that has a fixed price).

It works fine for us at the studio. I also gives you a clear status which job is done and which one is not. And when you have to take action to keep the project going.

Only lack is: filling in those hours at the end of the day/week. Not my favourite hobby either! :-)

Cheers and good luck with it!