Quite a few posts ago and after a “Long Day of Web Development” I mentioned that I was going to begin experimenting with a few online productivity tools. I have many reasons for doing so but simply put, the idea of having certain business applications easily accessible online and from any computer could prove to be advantageous to my profession. That said I would first like to review my experiences with Freshbooks up to this point.

What is Freshbooks:
FreshBooks is an online invoicing and time tracking service that saves you time and makes you look professional - Fortune 500 professional.
In a nutshell, Freshbooks allows you to create customer profiles, send them a project estimate, track time, list job specific expenses, invoice your client, accept payments online and generate reports. I am still working through the application, as I have not yet had time to really dive into it and get acquainted [...]

Several posts ago I spoke about a few tools that I am looking to try out in order to increase daily productivity and work flow. So with that I wanted to jump right in and see how Google Groups works and how it might compare to the tools created by 37Signals for client/project management and collaboration. It hit me that it would be interesting to start a group focusing on web design and development in Wisconsin. I know that there are a number of blogs, forums and other such places the many of us might frequent and interact with but I have yet to find one that is dedicated to the Wisconsin area, a place that I think could use a good information source on advancement in web design and development. So without wasting any time I created Wisconsin Web Design. I hope that we can start some useful discussion; [...]